This is in contrast to the earlier position, wherein convicted members held on to their seats until they exhausted all judicial remedy in lower, state and supreme court of India.
[6] However, Rahul Gandhi, then vice-president of the Indian National Congress, made his opinion of the ordinance clear in a press meeting: "It's complete nonsense.
"[7] Members of opposition parties claimed that Gandhi's comments indicated total confusion within the government, and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
[10] On 1 October 2013, Rasheed Masood became the first MP to lose his membership of parliament under the new guidelines, when he was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for cheating, forgery and corruption.
[11] List of elected representatives disqualified after conviction by a court of law: MLA from Srirangam, Tamil Nadu