New Delhi: In a major setback to the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government, the Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the appointment of 21 AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries.
Here's the list of those 21 AAP MLAs:-
1 Praveen Kumar was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Education Minister
2 Sharad Kumar was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Revenue Minister
3 Adarsh Shastri was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Information and Technology Minister
4 Madan Lal was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Vigilance Minister
5 Shiv Charan Goel was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Finance Minister
6 Sanjeev Jha was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Transport Minister
7 Sarita Singh was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Employment Minister
8 Naresh Yadav was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Labour Minister
9 Jarnail Singh (Tilaknagar) was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Development
10 Rajesh Gupta was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Health Minister
11 Rajesh Rishi was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Health Minister
12 Anil Kumar Bajpai was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Health Minister
13 Som Dutt was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Industries Minister
14 Avtar Singh Kalka as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Gurudwara elections
15 Vijender Garg Vijay was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of PWD
16 Jarnail Singh (Rajauri Garden) was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Power
17 Kailash Gahlot was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Law
18 Alka Lamba was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Tourism
19 Manoj Kumar was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Food and Civil Supplies
20 Nitin Tyagi was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Women and Child and Social Welfare
21 Sukhvir Singh was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Languages and Welfare of SC/ST/OBC respectively
Appointment of 21 AAP MLAs as Parliamentary secretaries
AAP had appointed 21 parliamentary secretaries to assist the Delhi government ministers.
Kejriwal government had sought an amendment to the Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Act, 1997.
In June, President Pranab Mukherjee had refused to sign the Delhi government's bill that allowed the lawmakers to hold a second paying position as parliamentary secretary, leaving their fate uncertain.
