Senior Congress leader from Maharashtra and former Minister, Sunil Kedar, who was recently sentenced to a five-year jail term in connection with the Nagpur District Central Cooperative Bank (NDCCB) scam, has now been disqualified from his post as legislator of Saoner Assembly constituency in Nagpur.
A gazette order of the Maharashtra Legislature secretariat stated that Mr. Kedar stood disqualified as MLA from the date of his conviction on December 22 under provisions of Article 19(1)(e) of the Constitution and Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
Sources said that legislators awarded jail terms of more than two years could be disqualified under this article.
