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The district court in Sangrur on Wednesday stayed the conviction of cabinet minister Aman Arora in a 2008 assault case, paving the way for him to continue as a minister
Arora, his mother Parmeshwari Devi and seven others, were convicted on December 21, 2023, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by a Sunam court in a case filed by his brother-in-law Rajinder Deepa.
Tarun Chugh expressed serious concern at the failure of Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to respond to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit's query on the matter and said the chief minister must stop defying his calls.
Under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act (RPA) 1951, any public representative sentenced to imprisonment of two years or more is disqualified from the date of sentence and is barred from contesting elections for the next six years after serving the sentence.
(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI