After being recently convicted in an attempt to murder case, Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued a notification disqualifying the MP from the membership of Lok Sabha from January 11, the date of his conviction by a sessions court in Kavaratti.
The decision to disqualify the MP from the Lok Sabha was taken under the provisions of Article 102 (l) (e) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
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“Consequent upon his conviction by the Court of Sessions, Kavaratti, Lakshadweep in Sessions case no. 01/2017, Shri Mohammed Faizal P.P., Member of Lok Sabha representing the Lakshadweep Parliamentary Constituency of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction i.e. 11 January, 2023 in terms of the provisions of Article 102(l)(e) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,” the secretariat said in its notification.
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The court in Lakshadweep had on Wednesday sentenced four people, including Mohammed Faizal, to a jail term of 10 years after they were found guilty in an attempt to murder case.
Kavaratti Sessions court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on the convicts for attempting to kill Mohammed Salih, son-in-law of late Congress leader and former Union Minister PM Sayeed, during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. All the convicts are relatives.
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(With inputs from PTI)
