BJP flays appointments in Arunachal

Opposition BJP criticised the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu for the recent appointment of seven ruling Congress MLAs with rank and status of Minister of State, which, he said, would entail a huge burden on the State exchequer and defeat the purpose of the law limiting the size of ministries.

In a release, the general secretary and spokesman of the State unit of BJP, Tai Tagak, said that the appointments of the MLAs through an ordinance, promulgated on April 18, are in violation of Article 164(1) (amended).

He said that already 25 MLAs were facing disqualification as the petitions filed by BJP against them for holding offices of profit are under consideration of the Election Commission and thus sub-judice.

Fresh appointment of seven MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries last week were made by Khandu who promised to root out corruption on taking over the chief ministership last month, the release said adding BJP would not compromise with mismanagement by the State Government.

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