Raj Assembly Speaker terminates membership of BSP MLA

Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Kailash Meghwal today terminated the membership of B L Kushwah from the Legislative Assembly after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Dholpur court in a murder case.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA from Dholpur was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court on December 8 in a 2012 murder case.
"The Speaker terminated the membership of Kushwah today on the basis of the court copy which was received by his office," the assembly spokesperson said.
The Additional District Judge found the MLA's gunman Satyendra Singh and him guilty of executing the murder of Naresh Kushwah in 2012 and gave the judgment on December 8.

They were convicted under section 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment, public prosecutor Ajay Gupta said.