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Bhajan Lal disqualified under anti-defection law

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CHANDIGARH: The former Haryana Chief Minister and patron of the newly floated Haryana Janhit Congress, Bhajan Lal, who represented Adampur in the Assembly, was on Tuesday disqualified as Congress MLA by Vidhan Sabha Speaker Raghubir Singh Kadian.

The Speaker told the media that he had disqualified Mr. Lal under the anti-defection law on petitions moved by three Congress MLAs — Jitender Malik, Ramesh Gupta and Shadi Lal Batra — seeking his disqualification and that of two other Congress MLAs, Dharampal Singh Malik and Rakesh Kamboj.

The Speaker had disqualified Mr. Malik and Mr. Kamboj earlier this month while he had given an opportunity to Mr. Lal to appear before him on March 24 and explain his stand. Since the former Chief Minister did not do so, the judgment was reserved on Monday.

The Speaker said he had proceeded against Mr. Lal since he had floated the new political outfit while remaining a Congress MLA at a rally at Rohtak on December 2, 2007.

Son also suspended

The high command had also suspended Mr. Lal, his younger son and Bhiwani Lok Sabha MP Kuldeep Bishnoi, besides Mr. Malik and Mr. Kamboj.

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