Jaipur, Oct. 6 -- The Anta seat of Rajasthan Assembly, for which by-election will be held on November 11, had fallen vacant following disqualification of the then BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena, over his conviction in a 20-year-old criminal case.
Kanwar Lal Meena was declared disqualified for membership of the Rajasthan Assembly on May 23 earlier this year.
Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani had disqualified him as an MLA with retrospective effect from May 2, 2025, the date Rajasthan High Court delivered its verdict on his appeal-thereby terminating his membership.
The Speaker had also declared the seat as vacant under due intimation to the ECI.
The Speaker's ruling on disqualification (and subsequent termination) was delivered soon after the r...