Karnataka MLA Disqualified For Electoral Malpractice

The Court, however, kept the disqualification in suspension for one month, allowing Swamy to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.

JD(S) MLA from Tumakuru Rural constituency in Karnataka D C Gowrishankar Swamy was disqualified by the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday in a case relating to alleged electoral malpractice.

The Court, however, kept the disqualification in suspension for one month, allowing Swamy to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.

A single-judge bench of the high court was delivering its verdict on a petition filed by defeated BJP candidate B Suresh Gowda, which alleged electoral malpractice by Swamy for distributing fake insurance bonds to voters during the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election.

The disqualification, under Section 101 of the The Representation of the People Act, comes five years after the original complaint by Gowda.