In the Delhi government’s view, the office of ‘parliamentary secretary’ is not an office of profit. But still the question remains why it did not wait for its Bill on exemption from office of profit disqualification to receive presidential assent. This office was put on the ‘exempt’ list only in 2006. Again why did he hold the office of the Sriniketan Santiniketan Development Authority while being an MP and Lok Sabha speaker? The office of deputy chairperson of the Planning Commission has been on the exempt list since 1959, but Planning Commission members are not.

Source: Hindustan Times September 09, 2016 07:30 UTC