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Government and Policy

Karnataka: Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni disqualified from assembly after his conviction and life sentence for the murder of BJP leader Yogesh Gowda

OpIndia Staff - 2 May, 2026

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has disqualified Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni from the Dharwad constituency following his conviction in a decade-old murder case. The disqualification,...

News Reports

Congress MLA Sunil Kedar disqualified from the Maharashtra Assembly after being convicted in a bank fraud worth Rs 150 crore

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2023

Maharashtra Congress MLA Sunil Kedar disqualified from assembly after conviction and five-year jail term in a bank scam case

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Veer Savarkar’s grandson Satyaki Savarkar files defamation case against Rahul Gandhi in Pune for his comments in London

OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2023

Grandon of Veer Savarkar files defamation case against Rahul Gandhi for claiming 'Veer Savarkar felt happy after beating Muslim man'

Media

Clueless or malicious? International media house spreads propaganda that the Modi govt is jailing Rahul Gandhi over his conviction

Rukma Rathore - 30 March, 2023

If only the international media houses could keep their racist bias aside while writing on India, even pigs would come home flying.

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Kerala MP Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Lok Sabha following his conviction in criminal defamation case

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2023

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from Lok Sabha following his conviction in a criminal defamation case

Politics

All 17 ‘rebel’ MLAs who were disqualified will join BJP: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa

OpIndia Staff - 13 November, 2019

The disqualified 'rebel' MLAs will now officially join the Bharatiya Janata Party and are likely to contest the upcoming by-polls from the BJP ticket.

Law

Karnataka: Supreme Court upholds disqualification of 17 ‘rebel’ MLAs, allows them to contest elections

OpIndia Staff - 13 November, 2019

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court has upheld former Karnataka Speaker's order to disqualify 17 'rebel’ Congress and JD(S) MLAs.

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Punjab: Case registered against newly elected Congress MLA from Phagwara for violation of model code of conduct

OpIndia Staff - 27 October, 2019

Punjab: Congress MLA Dhaliwal had allegedly wrapped a scarf with the party symbol around his neck inside polling booth 184 where he cast his vote.

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AAP leader Alka Lamba disqualified from Delhi Assembly on the ground of defection to Congress

OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2019

Alka Lamba had been complaining since over a year that she is being shunned by party leadership and has been time and again saying that she would leave the party

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