Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti disqualified from MP Assembly after conviction in cheating case
The Hindu
Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti disqualified from assembly after conviction in a cheating case, officials announce.
Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti has been disqualified from the State legislative assembly following his conviction in a cheating case, officials said on Friday (April 3, 2026).
Following deliberations on the issue on Thursday (April 2) night, the Vidhan Sabha authorities issued a notification annulling Mr. Bharti’s membership from the Datia Assembly seat, they said.
Mr. Bharti had defeated former MP Home Minister and BJP leader Narottam Mishra from the seat in the 2023 Assembly polls.
The notification, citing a Delhi court order sentencing Mr. Bharti to three years’ imprisonment and declaring the Datia seat vacant, was issued by the Assembly’s principal secretary, Arvind Sharma, on the night of April 2 and released to the media on Friday (April 3) morning.
A Delhi court on Thursday (April 2) sentenced Mr. Bharti and a former bank employee to three years’ imprisonment in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011.
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh also imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh on Mr. Bharti and former cashier Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati.
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