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EC postpones hearing of 21 AAP MLAs over petition seeking their disqualification to July 21

The Election Commission today postponed the hearing of 21 AAP MLAs over a petition seeking their disqualification in an 'Office of Profit' case to July 21st.<br/><br/>The Commission was scheduled to hear the petition filed by a lawyer over the AAP MLAs' appointment as parliamentary secretaries by the Delhi government. <br/><br/>Our correspondent quoting official sources reports, the hearing was postponed after the Congress and the BJP expressed their desire to become a party to it and therefore needed some documents. The next hearing has been scheduled for July 21.<br/><br/>The AAP government in Delhi had appointed 21 parliamentary secretaries to assist its ministers. Subsequently, the city government sought to amend the Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Act so as to exempt parliamentary secretaries from disqualification provisions in Office of Profit cases.However, the President refused to give his assent to the Bill.

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