TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was on Thursday convicted in a 2019 hate speech case and sent to three years in jail, and faces disqualification from the Uttar Pradesh assembly. The MP/MLA court in Rampur also granted bail to the MLA in that case, a government lawyer said.
The Representation of the People Act says that anyone sentenced to imprisonment of two years or more shall be disqualified “from the date of such conviction” and remain disqualified for another six years after serving time in jail.
The speaker can start the disqualification proceedings either suo motu or after receiving an application on this.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on the Rampur MLA, advocate Ajay Tiwari said.
The case was registered against Khan in Rampur in April 2019 for levelling serious allegations against administrative officials posted in Rampur and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during an election meeting.
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