more-inThe Delhi High Court on Friday questioned why the Election Commission (EC) did not intimate the AAP MLAs, facing disqualification, about the decision of one of the then Commissioners, O.P. Rawat, to rejoin the Presidential reference proceedings after his recusal earlier last year. “The rejoining or withdrawal of recusal by Mr. Rawat should have been communicated to the MLAs,” the Bench said. On April 19 last year, Mr. Rawat had recused himself from the reference proceedings after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal questioned his independence. Mr. Rawat later re-joined the reference proceedings on September 22, 2017.

Source: The Hindu March 23, 2018 19:52 UTC