There is a need to resolve the ambiguity in the disqualification provisions under section 8 of the Representation of People Act 1951. Discuss.

As per the RPA, 1951 Section 8, a person will be disqualified from the start of Parliament if he is convicted for 2 years for any of a criminal offence. This section was added in RPA, 1951 by the Lily Thomas Judgement, 2013 to prevent discrimination of politics. Recently, Rahul Gandhi, a Congress leader was disqualified from Parliament due to conviction of 2 years for defamation. There is an ambiguity in the disqualification provision of RPA because the offences have not been defined comprehensively in the provisions