Lok Sabha Elections 2024: How Will Two Incarcerated MPs In New Lok Sabha Take Oath? | ABP News

Two candidates currently lodged in prison on terror charges emerged winners in the just-concluded parliamentary election, giving rise to an unusual situation for the 18th Lok Sabha to be formed in the coming days. While the law will keep them from attending the proceedings of the new House, they do have the constitutional right to take oath as Members of Parliament. While radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh won Punjab's Khadoor Sahib seat, terror financing accused Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, emerged victorious from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla seat. Engineer Rashid and Singh must seek permission from authorities to be escorted to Parliament for the oath-taking ceremony. Rashid contested from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla constituency against former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and People's Conference president Sajad Gani Lone. Rashid defeated Abdullah by a margin of over 2 lakh votes. Lone stood in 3rd place barely managing to save his deposit. Amritpal Singh defeated his nearest rival Kilbir Singh Zira of the Congress by over 1.97 lakh votes. If Engineer Rashid or Singh are to be convicted and jailed for a minimum of two years, they would lose their seats in the Lok Sabha immediately as per the Supreme Court judgment of 2013, which holds that MPs and MLAs would be disqualified in such cases.