The expression 'office of profit' has not been defined in any law," he said. Against the backdrop of 21 AAP MLAs facing the prospect of disqualification for holding the post of parliamentary secretaries in the Delhi government, the Centre on Wednesday said that the expression 'office of profit' has not been defined in "any law". "There is no reference to the post of parliamentary secretaries in the Parliament (Prevention of disqualification) Act, 1959. Prasad also noted that the post of parliamentary secretaries has been created in some states. Ravi Shankar Prasad said that steps for disqualifying the legislators working as parliamentary secretaries is a state subject and the govt has nothing to do with it.

Source: dna July 21, 2016 12:50 UTC