To a question, he also pointed out that the President has 'no discretion' on the issue and is 'bound' by the recommendation of the poll watchdog.
Prakash was allegedly assaulted by Aam Aadmi Party MLAs during a meeting at the chief minister's residence in the evening of February 19.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 10 ministers at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh.
If constitutional institutions are allowed to work independently, they can work in a better way, Kejriwal said. He said that no officer and no constitutional body was bad, instead, politics was bad.
The petition for their disqualification was made over their appointment as parliamentary secretaries, by lawyer Prashant Patel.
The Centre on Thursday said that the expression 'office of profit' has not been defined in "any law".
The 27 MLAs include seven legislators against whom the EC is already considering a similar plea for holding the office of parliamentary secretaries.
CS Anshu Prakash was allegedly assaulted during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence on February 19 night.
The 20 MLAs told the high court that they would move fresh petitions against the taking away of their assembly seats as their pleas had become infructuous after President Ram Nath Kovind put a stamp of approval on the EC's recommendation.
In face of this confrontation, membership of 21 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs may be cancelled, dealing a huge blow to the Delhi chief minister. Rediff.com explains how things came to this pass.
The police can now name them in their supplementary charge sheet, an official said. In a late evening statement, the government said that this is a purely procedural matter, adding that the elected government has no role to play in this.
The court also extended till February 7 the interim order restraining the EC from issuing any notification announcing bypolls.
Speaker Ram Niwas Goel ordered the arrest of the two visitors, who were later detained by the Delhi police.
h the office claiming that no proposal or file about Mohalla clinics is pending with it.
He said that the AAP MLAs were issued two notices by the EC but their response was not in the context of the notice served on them.
Petitions have been filed with the President seeking disqualification of these MLAs on the ground that they occupied office of profit in violation of Constitution.
The Centre had on July 13 opposed the appointment of 21 parliamentary secretaries by the Aam Aadmi Party government, saying the post neither finds place in the Constitution, nor does it find a place in the Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Act of 1997, except for the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister.
Hours before the meeting, Prakash in a letter to Kejriwal, said he would attend it to discuss important budget matters, assuming that the chief minister ensures 'no physical attack and verbal assault' on officers attending the meet.
'When will Amit Shah be questioned in connection with Judge Loya's death,' Kejriwal asked.
AAP claimed that Jarwal was arrested based on a "frivolous" complaint.
The HC refused to stay the Centre's notification disqualifying the 20 MLAs.
'Even if something appears to be wrong, we can always request the government and Parliament to make amends.'
The incident took place on Monday night in the presence of Kejriwal, a senior official alleged.
The results will be declared on July 20 in New Delhi.
Kejriwal sought to remind AAP volunteers, MLAs and Delhi government ministers that things will get worse in the coming days and exhorted them to 'leave' if they are not strong enough.
In a rapprochement three years after they split, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday shared stage with Anna Hazare on the second and final day of the Gandhian's protest against the contentious land acquisition ordinance while accusing the Modi government of adopting anti-people policies.
'Win or lose, the BJP's Delhi unit is clearly in a mess. Its behaviour offers a textbook example in how not to approach an election.'
Some unlikely celebrities are behind multiple campaigns to fight the fake news menace.
BJP claimed close to 116 lawmakers from rival parties appeared to have voted for Kovind.
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