The Election Commission on Monday held the second round of hearing on office-of-profit allegations against 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs. The next hearing is on Tuesday.
During the earlier hearing, AAP MLAs had sought permission to cross-examine the Delhi government and State Assembly officials to prove that their appointment as parliamentary secretaries did not come under the office-of-profit category.
The EC has resumed the hearing following a Delhi High Court directive setting aside their disqualification on March 23.
Following the court directive, the EC had issued notices to the MLAs informing them that an “oral hearing” would be resumed on May 17. The court quashed a notification issued by President Ram Nath Kovind on the EC’s recommendation for disqualification of the MLAs, stating that the suggestion was vitiated because of the failure to give the legislators an oral hearing or opportunity to address their argument on merits.
