Four days after being convicted in illegal mining case, Gujarat Congress MLA disqualified

Four days after he was convicted in a 1995 case of illegal limestone mining, Gujarat Congress MLA from Talala Bhaga Barad was disqualified as a member of the Legislative Assembly by Speaker Rajendra Trivedi on Tuesday. This is for the first time that an MLA of the state has been disqualified after being convicted.
“As per the Supreme Court judgment of July 2013, Congress MLA from Talala, Bhaga Barad has been declared disqualified as a member of the Assembly subsequent to his conviction by a trial court in Sutrapada in Gir Somnath district on March 1,” a notification read.
 Trivedi said he took action soon after receiving a copy of the court verdict. “The Sutrapada court had delivered its judgment on March 1 and from that date itself, Barad had ceased to be an MLA technically,” he said. The Speaker said he had notified the Election Commission of India to take further action against Barad.

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