AAP MLAs Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj take oath as Delhi ministers
AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj take oath as Delhi ministers in the presence of CM Arvind Kejriwal, L-G VK Saxena
AAP MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj take oath as Delhi ministers in the presence of CM Arvind Kejriwal, L-G VK Saxena
President took the decision on the advice of CM Arvind Kejriwal, with effect from the date they are sworn in, stated Ministry of Home Affairs.
Announcing this, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the BJP-led Centre over the arrest of Sisodia and Jain and said if both the AAP leaders had joined BJP today, they will be released tomorrow.
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that protests and theatrics can never take place when a constitution bench is in midst of examining a constitutional question.
According to LG office source, the action will be taken against AAP leaders - Saurabh Bhardwaj, Atishi, Durgesh Pathak and Jasmine Shah among others for defamatory and false allegations of corruption by them, attributed to his tenure as KVIC Chairman.
The party has been accusing the BJP of luring its leaders in a bid to topple the AAP government in Delhi.
Saurav Bharadwaj, MLA from Greater Kailash and senior spokesperson of the party said, "The Centre's deliberate attempts to snatch power of elected Delhi Government indicates the nervousness of the BJP. Through the LG's office, BJP wants to rule in Delhi indirectly."
Reacting to the decision of Bholath legislator Khaira and two other AAP MLAs to throw in their lot with the Congress party today, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal said “the cat is out of the bag”.
AAP MLAs had decided to donate a month's salary to the flood-hit state. The Delhi government had also donated Rs 10 crore to flood-ravaged Kerala.
It said that Patel, represented by advocate Kaushal Sharma, was not required in the present proceedings as it pertained to summoning of witnesses.
