V Vijaisai Reddy has been accused of grounds of holding ‘office of income’
New Delhi:
President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected a plea looking for disqualification of YSR Congress chief V Vijaisai Reddy as Rajya Sabha member on the grounds of holding ‘office of income’ as specific advisor of the Andhra Pradesh authorities inside the nationwide capital.
The August 31 order of the president depends on the Election Charge’s (EC) unanimous opinion given in June.
The matter was referred to the EC by the Rashtrapati Bhavan as per established comply with.
Rama Kotaiah had petitioned looking for the disqualification of Vijaysai Reddy as a member of the Increased House of Parliament alleging that the publish of specific advisor of the Andhra Pradesh authorities on the Andhra Pradesh Bhawan proper right here being held by the YSR Congress Social gathering MP was an office of income.
The EC held that since no pecuniary obtain was derived from the said office and Vijaisai Reddy was not entitled to a different perks or remuneration apart from having enjoyable with the standing of a ‘state customer’ all through his travels to Andhra Pradesh in reference to effectivity of his duties as specific advisor, he did not incur disqualification.
In his order, President Kovind said that having considered the matter inside the gentle of the opinion expressed by the EC, he holds that Mr Reddy “has not incurred disqualification for being a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) beneath Article 102(1) (a) of the Construction of India”.
The article affords with disqualification of members of Parliament.
The President’s order was made public by the EC on Monday.
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