Ruling Samajwadi Party suffered a setback when its legislator from Charkhari Kaptan Singh Rajput, convicted in a murder case, was disqualified from the membership of state legislature with immediate effect. Notification for disqualification of Samajwadi Party candidate Kaptan Singh Rajput has been issued by the Assembly Secretariat on the directions of Speaker Mata Prasad, Principal Secretary Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Pradeep Dubey said on Friday.
Rajput was convicted in a 13-year old murder case and was sentenced to life term by a local court in Jalaun. The court had found Kaptan Singh Rajput and his brother laxman Singh Rajput guilty in the murder case. The Election Commission has disqualified the member from the UP Assembly from the day of his conviction and the same was communicated to the Assembly secretariay. With this disqualification, UP Assembly has declared the seat as vacant. Kaptan Singh Rajput was elected from Charkhari assembly segment in the by-elections in September after the seat was vacated by Union Minister Uma Bharti on being elected to lok Sabha from Jhansi seat.