New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday tabled the Members of Delhi Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Amendment, 2006 Bill amidst strong protest at a special one-day session of the Delhi Assembly.
With 19 MLAs facing Election Commission's notices, the Bill exempts 14 posts from the purview of office of profit.
Terming the Bill as 'illegal', BJP members demanded that Congress members who were served notices by the EC for holding offices of profit be banned from participating in the proceedings.
BJP MLA's claimed that the bill was tabled in a hurry and the government had not followed norms of giving them a copy of the proposed legislation in advance.
However, Assembly Speaker Prem Singh rejected the demands of the opposition benches and paved the way for the tabling of the Bill in the House.
The session was convened in the wake of Election Commission issuing notices to 19 MLAs and an MP belonging to the Congress on a petition filed by BJP MLA Vijay Jolly seeking their disqualification on the ground that they are holding offices of profit.
The proposed Bill seeks to exempt offices like District Development Committee, Parliamentary Secretary to Chief Minister, Trans-Yamuna Development Board, SC/ST Welfare Board, Governing bodies of Colleges, Group Housing Societies and Rural Development Board.
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