New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified as an MP from Lok Sabha on Friday, joined an inglorious checklist of MPs and MLAs, together with his grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who confronted comparable motion previously.
The disqualification regulation, beneath the Representation of the People Act, states that an MP or MLA, sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment or extra, could be disqualified and stay disqualified for six years after serving time.
The checklist of different MPs and MLAs, who misplaced the standing of a folks`s consultant after being equally convicted, additionally contains RJD veteran Lalu Prasad Yadav; late AIADMK chief for former Tamil Nadu chief minister, J Jayalalithaa; and Samajwadi Party chief Azam Khan, amongst others.
The following is a jog-back to the occasions resulting in the disqualification of some distinguished political leaders as folks`s representatives:
1. Indira Gandhi: Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi confronted an adversarial court docket verdict and was debarred from holding any elected submit for six years following her conviction by the Allahabad High Court in June, 1975. The verdict is broadly believed to have led to the imposition of the Emergency.
2. Lalu Prasad Yadav: The Rashtriya Janata Dal Supremo and the previous Bihar chief minister was disqualified as an MP from Bihar`s Saran after he was convicted within the fodder rip-off in September 2013.
3. Azam Khan: Samajwadi Party chief Azam Khan was disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in October 2022 after being sentenced to a few years in jail in a hate speech case. He was elected MLA from the Rampur Sadar constituency, which the BJP wrested within the bypoll final 12 months.
4. J Jayalalithaa: AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa was disqualified from the Assembly after she was sentenced to 4 years in jail in September 2014 in a disproportionate property case. Jayalalithaa, or `Amma` as she was affectionately recognized to her supporters, was the chief minister when she was disqualified. She needed to step down as CM within the wake of her disqualification.
5. Vikram Singh Saini: BJP MLA Vikram Singh Saini was disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in October 2022 following his conviction within the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. Saini, who was an MLA from Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar, was sentenced to 2 years in jail.
6. Anil Kumar Sahni: RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahni was disqualified from the Bihar Assembly in October 2022 after being convicted in a forgery case. He was sentenced to a few years in jail. He was an MLA from the Kurhani Assembly constituency.
7. Kuldeep Singh Sengar: Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a former BJP MLA, was disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in February 2020, following his conviction in a rape case. The get together expelled him in 2019. He was elected from the Bangarmau Assembly constituency in Unnao.
8. Abdullah Azam Khan: Samajwadi Party MLA and Azam Khan`s son, Abdullah Azam Khan, was disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in February 2023. The disqualification adopted his conviction in a 15-year-old case and was sentenced to two-year imprisonment.
9. Pradeep Chaudhary: Congress MLA Pradeep Chaudhary was disqualified from the Haryana Assembly in January 2021 after being convicted in an assault case.
10. Anant Singh: RJD MLA Anant Singh was disqualified from the Bihar Assembly in July final 12 months. The disqualification adopted his conviction in a case pertaining to the restoration of arms from his home.
