Kerala HC disqualifies Muslim League MLA

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala high court on Friday disqualified Muslim League’s sitting legislator KM Shaji for “campaigning on communal lines” in the 2016 assembly elections. The HC’S ruling came on a petition filed by Shaji’s rival MV Nikesh Kumar of the Communist Marxist Party (CMP), who lost the poll with a slender margin in north Kerala’s Kannur district to Shaji,. After disqualifying the legislator, the single bench of the High Court also instructed the election commission to conduct fresh election.