Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 6 -- Former Transport Minister and MLA Antony Raju of Janadhipathya Kerala Congress Party from the 134-Thiruvananthapuram Assembly Constituency has been disqualified according to an official notification published in the Kerala Gazette, following his conviction in the decades-old evidence tampering 1990 drug case.

According to the notification published on Monday in the Kerala Gazette by the Secretariat of the Kerala Legislature, he was disqualified under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and the relevant Supreme Court decisions. The former MLA was disqualified after being sentenced to a three-year term of simple imprisonment.

The notification stated, "Shri. Antony Raju, an elected Me...