Adani News

Tag: Lok sabha

  • BSP MP Afzal Ansari loses Lok Sabha seat after conviction in 2007 Gangsters Act case

    BSP MP Afzal Ansari loses Lok Sabha seat after conviction in 2007 Gangsters Act case

    Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Afzal Ansari, brother of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was disqualified from Lok Sabha on Monday following his conviction in a 2007 Gangsters Act case. The Ghazipur MP-MLA court last week sentenced Afzal to four years of prison term and imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh on him. The court also convicted Mukhtar Ansari in the same case and sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment and slapped a penalty of ₹5 lakh on him.

    Afzal Ansari (in photo) is the brother of incarcerated mafioso Mukhtar Ansari, is the BSP MP from Ghazipur.(HT FIle)
    Afzal Ansari (in photo) is the brother of incarcerated mafioso Mukhtar Ansari, is the BSP MP from Ghazipur.(HT FIle)
    According to the Representation of the People Act (RPA), any member will be disqualified from House if convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more.

    “Consequent upon his conviction…Afzal Ansari, Member of Lok Sabha representing the Ghazipur Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh, stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction i.e. 29 April, 2023 in terms of the provisions of Article 102(1)(e) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,” according to a Lok Sabha secretariat notification.

    The Gangster Act case was registered against the Ansari brothers in connection with the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in November 2005 and the kidnapping and murder of VHP leader Nand Kishore Rungta in January 1997.

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently lost his Lok Sabha membership after he was convicted in a 2019 criminal defamation case over the “Modi surname” remark and sentenced to two years in jail. Gandhi moved to Gujarat high court after a sessions court in Surat declined his plea to stay the conviction.

    Get Latest India Newsalong with Latest Newsand Top Headlinesfrom India and around the world. Also follow Karnataka Election 2023 updates

  • Speaker’s meeting with party leaders fails to end LS logjam

    Speaker’s meeting with party leaders fails to end LS logjam

    The meeting convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to end the stalemate in the House ended without any result as none of the parties refused to give up their positions.

    According to sources, both the Congress and BJP refused to soften their stand.

    Leaders of all parties were present in the meeting.

    Though Birla is said to have appealed to both the parties to allow the House to function, neither the ruling BJP nor the Congress showed any signs of softening their stance.

    While the BJP has been stalling the Lok Sabha proceedings, demanding Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s apology over his remarks on democracy, the Congress-led opposition too has been protesting, seeking a probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on Adani issue.

    Proceedings of both the Houses have been washed out for the past seven days owing to protests by both sides.