Bengaluru, May 2 -- Congress MLA and former minister Vinay Kulkarni was disqualified from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly after he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2016 murder of BJP leader Yogesh Gowda.

According to the official notification issued on Saturday, the disqualification takes effect from April 15, 2026, the date of conviction, under the provisions of the Constitution and the Representation of the People Act, resulting in the Dharwad Assembly seat falling vacant.

"Consequent upon conviction of Sri Vinay Kulakarni Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Dharwad Constituency by the LXXXI Addl. City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bengaluru City (CCH-82), in Spl CC.No. 565/2021 he stands disqualified from...