NEW DELHI, June 25 -- Rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators Devender Sehrawat and Anil Bajpai, are facing charge of defection to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), presented their written submissions to the secretary of the Delhi Assembly on Monday and sought deferment of personal hearing before the Speaker on the issue. The hearing is scheduled to take place on Tuesday.

Notices were issued to the duo on a petition of AAP MLA and party spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj accusing them of joining the BJP ahead of recent Lok Sabha polls.

In their replies, Sehrawat and Bajpai said that the newspaper clippings annexed with Bhardwaj's petition were "illegible" and demanded that they be provided typed and translated copies so that they are able to submi...