Lucknow: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA has been disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly after a special court convicted him for producing a fake marksheet to get admission in college.
Indra Pratap alias Khabbu Tiwari has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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He was elected from the Gosaiganj constituency in Ayodhya during the UP assembly elections in 2017.
A notification issued by the Principal Secretary of UP’s Legislative Assembly stated that the membership of Khabbu Tiwari has been terminated with effect from October 18.
