Question

Name the first MLA who lost the seat as a result of a court order

• A. Bhargavi Thankappan
• B. M. Umesh Rao
• C. Rosamma Chacko
• D. Rosamma Punnose

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Rosamma Punnose

Rosamma Punnoose 

• Rosamma Punnoose was an Indian independence activist, politician and lawyer
• She was the younger sister of Akkamma Cherian who was popularly known as the 'Jhansi Rani of Travancore'
• Rosamma joined the CPI in 1948.
• In the first assembly election in the state of Kerala in 1957, she was elected to the Assembly from the Devikulam constituency
• Rosamma was the first person to be sworn in as a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
• She was also the first MLA in India to lose her seat following a court order
• However she regained it in the first-ever by-election to the assembly in 1958.