Ram Niwas Goel denies holding any office of profit

Rejecting the allegations of holding an office of profit, Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel — who was issued a notice by the Election Commission — said that had never been a member or chairperson of Rogi Kalyan Samitis (RKSs).

Mr Goel along with 26 other AAP MLAs had been issued a notice by the EC following a complaint which alleged that the MLAs held posts of chairpersons of RKSs of different government hospitals in Delhi without any sanctity of law and it sought their disqualification.

“My name figures at number ten in the list given in original complaint and a further affidavit by the complainant. The fact, however, is that I have never been and nor am I at present either a chairperson or a member of any of the RKSs,” Mr Goel asserted. He said the Election Commission of India (ECI) notice was received by him on November 2 and he was asked to give his written statement by November 11.

Accusing the ECI of working under “pressure,” Mr Goel claimed that it was quasi judicial body but the way it treated the “frivolous” complaint and allowed the complainant to file an affidavit was “against the constitutional dignity”.