AAP

Manoj Tiwari writes to Prez seeking disqualification of 11 AAP MLAs in Delhi

New Delhi:  Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari today demanded disqualification of 11 MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who have been wrongfully appointed as co-chairpersons of District Disaster Management Committees invoking Office of Profit Provisions violation. Tiwari informed that Delhi BJP has written to President Pranab Mukherjee in this regard and requested him to forward the application to Election Commission for speedy time bound disposal.

Swept under the Carpet

On January 11 this year, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy dismissed the public interest litigation by Common Cause that demanded the constitution of a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to look into what is now known as ‘Birla-Sahara papers’. These papers contain an assorted set of spreadsheets, emails, diaries and notebooks that provide detailed accounts of the payments made to people holding public offices. This is perhaps the first case in which allegations of kickbacks have been made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.