EC notice to 27 AAP MLAs

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued a notice to 27 more Delhi MLAs for allegedly holding offices of profit, this comes as a fresh trouble for the party. The MLAs have been asked to file their responses by November 11. Sources in the Commission confirmed that notices have been issued. The petition filed in June, and forwarded to the Commission by Rashtrapati Bhawan last month, had sought cancellation of membership of 27 AAP MLAs over the office of profit issue. MLAs hold posts of chairpersons of RKSs of different govt hospitals in Delhi without any sanctity of law: Petitioner. On September 8, the Delhi High Court had set aside the appointment of these 21 party MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries. The court had said the order to appoint them was given without the concurrence of Delhi's Lt Governor, Najeeb Jung. In July 2014, the then Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had in Parliament said that MPs/ MLAs would be the chairpersons of the committees.