Saturday, November 23, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. Politics
  4. National
  5. Congress MP Masood disqualified from Rajya Sabha; Lalu, Jagdish next

Congress MP Masood disqualified from Rajya Sabha; Lalu, Jagdish next

New Delhi:  Convicted Congress leader Rashid Masood today became the first MP to lose his seat after the Supreme Court struck down a provision that protects a convicted lawmaker from disqualification on the ground of

PTI Updated on: October 22, 2013 11:18 IST

But reversing its earlier step, the Cabinet on October 2 decided to withdraw the Ordinance as well as Bill in the wake of public outburst against it by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

The overturning of the decision came in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's trashing of the Ordinance as “nonsense”.

He had said it should be “torn” and “thrown out”.

President Pranab Mukherjee had also questioned the government's decision on the ordinance.

Advertisement

Read all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from Politics and National Section

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement