Murder accused Himachal legislator takes oath

Chaudhary, who sworn in the chamber of assembly Speaker Brij Bihari Lal Butail, has been booked for murder by Haryana Police.

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He was brought here, where a large number of his supporters were assembled, in the morning from Ambala jail under a heavy security cover.

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He is one of the four suspects in the murder of a 24-year-old woman in Panchkula in Haryana Nov 22.

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"It's a political conspiracy by my political rivals. I am innocent," he told reporters soon after taking the oath.

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On being asked that he confessed his crime before the police, he said: "It's a police theory. I have full faith in judiciary. I have never confessed that I have committed the crime."

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Ruling out the possible of resigning as a legislator in the wake of the J.S. Verma Committee report that the legislators involved in woman-related crime should morally resign, he said he would come out clean.u00a0

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"I will continue to work as a legislator. Even people are contesting elections from the bars. I have just submitted a list of his priorities as a legislator to the speaker," he said.

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After evading arrest, Chaudhary had surrendered before a Panchkula court Jan 8, the day other legislators took oath.

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Chaudhary is a first-time legislator from Doon in Solan district. He is the son of four-time Congress legislator Lajja Ram.u00a0

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