After All India Congress Committee chief Sonia Gandhi, now it is the turn of 20 Congress legislators in Arunachal Pradesh to face the wrath of the Bharatiya Janata Party, as the saffron party in Itanagar in a memorandum to state Governor S K Singh demanded the disqualification of all the MLAs holding offices of profit in the state.
The memorandum, a copy of which was made available to the press, pointed out the state government had appointed 20 MLAs in the capacity of chairmen, advisors to chief minister and parliamentary secretaries, which was cognisable under Article 190 and 191 of the Constitution.
The memorandum stated as many as 10 MLAs were appointed as chairmen of various agencies, while six were appointed as advisors to chief minister and four as parliamentary secretaries by the state government through official orders on December 2004 and July 2005, with the status of Cabinet minister and minister of state enjoying various privileges and perks from the state exchequer.
The BJP pleaded with the governor to recommend the issue to the Election Commission.