Aizawl, Nov 27 (TIWN) In an ironic turn of events, an IPS officer-turned-politician from Mizoram who was disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha for defection in 1988, lost his membership of the state Assembly on Friday for the same reason.

Announcing his disqualification, Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo said that Mr Lalduhoma has ceased to be a member of the state legislature for violating the anti-defection law by defecting to a political party after getting elected as an Independent in the 2018 assembly polls.  A former IPS officer, he was once in charge of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's security. He won the Lok Sabha election in 1984 uncontested as a Congress candidate.  Mr Lalduhoma, who lost his Lok Sabha membership after he resigned from the Congress, also became the first MLA of the state to lose his membership for defection.  "After a thorough study of the case and hearing the statements from the respondent (Mr Lalduhoma) and the petitioners, it is clearly verified that the MLA has joined the ZPM in theory and practice, which the respondent himself admitted in his declaration on September 19," the speaker said.