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Congress person Rahul Gandhi was, connected Monday, asked to vacate his authoritative residence pursuing his disqualification arsenic a Member of Parliament.
A missive was sent to the Congress person by the Lok Sabha Housing Committee asking him to vacate his 12 Tughlaq Lane bungalow by April 22. BJP MP C.R. Patil is the chairperson of the Housing Committee.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat had disqualified Mr. Gandhi connected March 24 pursuing his condemnation and sentencing for 2 years by a section tribunal successful Gujarat successful a defamation case. According to the Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which guides the disqualification of a legislator, the infinitesimal a Member of Parliament is convicted of immoderate offence and sentenced for astatine slightest 2 years, she oregon helium attracts disqualification.
The missive sent by the Deputy Secretary of the Housing Committee connected Monday said that helium could clasp the bungalow till April 22 and the allotment of the accommodation has been deemed to person been cancelled with effect from March 23, the time the tribunal bid convicting him came.
According to rules, a disqualified MP is not entitled to a authorities accommodation and gets a one-month play to vacate his authoritative residence.
Sources, however, said Mr. Gandhi tin question an hold from the Housing Committee which is simply a imaginable script successful lawsuit helium decides to entreaty his sentencing successful a higher court, which successful crook reverses his conviction.
Congress sources said the entreaty challenging the condemnation and sentencing is apt to beryllium filed shortly.
The allotment of cardinal authorities accommodations is done done the General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) Act nether the administrative power of the directorate of estates of the Parliament.
