Expelled BJP MLA Sengar's Bangarmau Assembly seat declared vacant

Bangarmau Assembly seat in Unnao district, from where BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was elected, has been declared vacant.

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat in a statement said, "The seat from where MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was elected from - Bangarmau of Unnao district, is declared vacant from December 20, 2019, onward."

Expelled BJP MLA Sengar, on December 16 last year, was found guilty by a Delhi court for raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district in 2017.

The court convicted him under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 5 (c) and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which pertains to penetrative sexual assault committed against a child by a public servant.

It had awarded him the maximum punishment of life term with a rider that he will remain in jail for the "remainder of his natural biological life" and also imposed an exemplary fine of Rs 25 lakh.

Sengar, a four-time BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Bangarmau, had raped the girl at his residence in Unnao in June 2017, where she had gone seeking a job.