Bhopal, April 4 -- The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly has cancelled the membership of Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti following his conviction in a 25-year-old cheating case, officials said on Friday. The development has triggered a political row with the Congress alleging "midnight" action to weaken the opposition ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections. The assembly secretariat issued an order on Thursday night disqualifying Bharti with effect from April 2, when a Delhi court sentenced him for three years and imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records. "In line with the Supreme Court's 2013 ruling and provisions under Article 191(1)(c) of the Constitution read with Section 8 of the Representation of ...