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EC announces bypoll to fill Masood's RS seat on Dec 20

New Delhi: The Election Commission will hold bye-election on December 20 to fill up the vacancy created inRajya Sabha by Congress MP Rasheed Masood, following his disqualification after he was convicted and jailed by a

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: November 29, 2013 21:04 IST
ec announces bypoll to fill masood s rs seat on dec 20
ec announces bypoll to fill masood s rs seat on dec 20

New Delhi: The Election Commission will hold bye-election on December 20 to fill up the vacancy created in

Rajya Sabha by Congress MP Rasheed Masood, following his disqualification after he was convicted and jailed by a special court in the MBBS seat scam.

Masood was the first to be convicted by a court in a case of corruption and lost his Rajya Sabha seat on September 19, after the Supreme Court struck down a law that provided immunity to MPs and MLAs from immediate disqualification.

Masood, a Minister of Health in the VP Singh government between 1990 and 1991, was held guilty by the court of fraudulently nominating undeserving candidates to MBBS seats allotted to Tripura in medical colleges across the country from the central pool.

"The Commission has decided to hold  bye-elections to the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh to fill up the above said vacancies...created in the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh," the EC said.

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