Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti. Photo: Wikipedia
Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti has been disqualified from the state legislative assembly after being convicted in a cheating case, officials said on Friday (April 3, 2026).
After deliberations on the matter on Thursday (April 2) night, the Vidhan Sabha authorities issued a notice canceling Mr. Bharti’s membership in the Datia Assembly seat.
Mr Bharti defeated former home minister MP and BJP leader Narottam Mishra from the seat in the 2023 assembly elections.
The notice, citing a Delhi court order sentencing Mr Bharti to three years’ imprisonment and declaring the Datia seat vacant, was issued by the assembly’s chief secretary, Arvind Sharma, on the night of April 2 and released to the media on Friday (April 3) morning.
A Delhi court on Thursday (April 2) sentenced Mr Bharti and a former bank employee to three years in prison in a fraud case involving falsifying bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011.
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh also imposed a fine of ₹ 1 lakh on Mr Bharti and former treasurer Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati.
The pair were convicted on Wednesday (April 1) of conspiracy, fraud, forgery, forgery to defraud and using a forged document as genuine.
Published – 03 Apr 2026 10:32 IST
