BJP MLA from Ayodhya’s Gosaiganj seat, Indra Pratap alias Khabbu Tiwari, has been disqualified from the membership of the UP Assembly following his conviction in a 28-year-old case, Vidhan Sabha secretariat said here on Thursday, Dec 9. Tiwari was sentenced to five years in jail by a Special Court for using a fake mark sheet to get admission in college.

According to a notification issued by Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Vidhan Sabha principal secretary, Gosaiganj seat will be considered vacated from October 18, 2021.

Special Judge Puja Singh of MP/MLA court Ayodhya had delivered the verdict on October 18 after which Tiwari was taken in custody and sent to jail. The court had also slapped a fine of Rs 8,000 on him. A case was lodged against Tiwari in 1992 by Yaduvansh Ram Tripathi, the then principal of Saket Degree College in Ayodhya at Ram Janmabhoomi police station, accusing him of using a fake mark sheet to get admission.