Delhi Assembly Speaker: Disqualified leader Gahlot can be a Minister

New Delhi, March 16: Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Friday said that Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot can continue as a Minister for six months without being a member of the house.

In January, President Ram Nath Kovind had approved the Election Commission's recommendation to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs in Delhi, including Gahlot, on charges of holding the offices of profit.

Earlier on Friday, all four BJP MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta, protested in the house that only elected members should be allowed inside the Assembly, while referring to Gahlot.