Bhopal, April 3 -- A Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh's Datia, Rajendra Bharti, has been disqualified from the state legislative assembly after his conviction in a fraud case.

According to an official notification issued by the state assembly secretariat dated April 2, Bharti, who was elected from the Datia constituency, has been disqualified from the membership of the House with effect from April 2, 2026.

The action followed a judgment by the Delhi court, convicting Bharti and sentencing him to three years of imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh in relation to a Gramin Bank fraud case.

With Bharti's disqualification, a seat in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly has fallen vacant, the notification issued by the assembly's p...