CHANDIGARH: Congress leader and former chief minister Amarinder Singh was on Wednesday expelled from the Punjab Assembly after being indicted by a House committee in a graft case and his seat declared vacant.
A resolution to his effect was moved by ruling Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Harish Rai Dhanda and passed in the Assembly amid protests by slogan-shouting Congress members who boycotted the proceedings.
The Election Commission will be asked to hold by-elections and Director of the Vigilance Bureau will be directed to inquire into the Amritsar land scam, in which Singh was indicted, and submit a report within two months, the resolution said.
The 66-year-old Congress leader, who represents Patiala, was on Friday indicted by a special committee of the Assembly for alleged irregularities in exempting 32.10 acres of land for private development in Amritsar during his tenure as chief minister.
