New Delhi Jan 31 PTI President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected a petition seeking disqualification of Rajeev Satavs Rajya Sabha membership for allegedly holding a subsisting contract with a government companyThe Congress MP during the pendency of the petition had passed away on May 16 2021The January 6 order put in the public domain by the Election Commission on Monday says that Satav the respondent has not incurred disqualification for being a member of Parliament The order is based on the opinion rendered by Election Commission on the issue in April 2021Two people had moved a joint petition in September 2020 seeking disqualification of Satav as an RS member for holding a subsisting contract with a government companyThe petition was referred to Election Commission in October 2020 for its opinionSatav submitted his defence in March 2021 to the EC claiming that Indian Oil Corporation is not an appropriate government and the distributorship agreement with Indian Oil Corporation does not qualify as works within the meaning of section 9A of the Representation of the People Act 1951The EC opined that Indian Oil Corporation is not an appropriate government within the meaning of section 9A of the Representation of the People Act 1951The Election Commission concluded that the respondent Satav has no subsisting contract with the appropriate government which would attract disqualification under section 9A of the Representation of People Act 1951Now therefore having considered the matter in the light of the opinion rendered by the Election Commissio of India I Ram Nath Kovind President Of India in exercise of the powers conferred on me under Article 103 of the Constitution of India do hereby hold that the Respondent has not incurred disqualification for being a Member of Parliament under article 1021e of the Constitution of India read with section 9A of the Representation of the People Act 1951 the order read PTI NAB NAB RT RT

Cytomegalovirus infection is the latest addition to the list of post-covid complications. Recently, Congress leader Rajeev Satav succumbed to the complication. Several sporadic cases of the infection are popping up in New Delhi, Bangaluru and Pune. Read to know more about this disease. What is cytomegalovirus? Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus that is present in […]