Court sentenced one month jail term for BJP Lok Sabha MP and former Congress leader

BJP MP Jagdambika Pal awarded a one-month jail term for violating the model code of conduct during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

A court in Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh has sentenced BJP MP Jagdambika Pal to a jail term and he was granted bail by the court soon after.

Mr. Pal had been charged for using vehicles more than the permissible limit during a rally in Bansi while campaigning for the 2014 polls.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Chaudhary pronounced the verdict on December 22, Pandey said. The CJM also imposed a fine of ?100 on Pal, he said.