AHMEDABAD: Spelling contemporary bother for Bhupendrasinh Khant, the unbiased MLA from Morva Hadaf constituency in Gujarat, a scrutiny committee has once again invalidated his caste certificates, negating his claim to be belonging to a tribal group.
Morva Hadaf constituency in Panchamahal district used to be reserved for tribal applicants.
The scrutiny committee, headed by way of Tribal Development Commissioner R J Makadia, nowadays invalidated Khant's caste certificates after going throughout the paperwork supplied by way of him in beef up of his certificates that declared him a tribal.
Khant had defeated BJP's Vikramsinh Dindor by way of over four,000 votes within the December 2017 Assembly elections. The legislator had later announced that he would join the Congress.
"The scrutiny committee went through the documents provided by him in support of his argument and found that he does not belong to the tribal community as per the parametres laid down by the central government," Makadia instructed PTI.
The committee had earlier invalidated his caste certificates in January, a few weeks after he used to be elected as an MLA from ST-reserved seat.
The Gujarat High Court had quashed the order of the Tribal Development Commissioner and requested Khant to means the committee once again with paperwork supporting his arguments, after he instructed the court docket hat he used to be now not given an opportunity to put forward his case earlier than the panel.
"The MLA submitted 200-odd page documents in support of his argument. After going through these papers, we found that his caste certificate is not valid," Makadia stated.
Khant is once again more likely to means the prime court docket as his election from Morva Hadaf may well be disqualified by way of the Election Commission.
Khant, who used to be expecting a price ticket from the Congress, had made up our minds to contest as an unbiased because the Gujarat Congress gave that seat to Bharatiya Tribal Party underneath the seat-sharing settlement and did not box its own candidate.
The five-member scrutiny committee had won a complaint from native tribal leaders that Khant had produced a pretend caste certificates to contest on a seat reserved for tribals.
Morva Hadaf constituency in Panchamahal district used to be reserved for tribal applicants.
The scrutiny committee, headed by way of Tribal Development Commissioner R J Makadia, nowadays invalidated Khant's caste certificates after going throughout the paperwork supplied by way of him in beef up of his certificates that declared him a tribal.
Khant had defeated BJP's Vikramsinh Dindor by way of over four,000 votes within the December 2017 Assembly elections. The legislator had later announced that he would join the Congress.
"The scrutiny committee went through the documents provided by him in support of his argument and found that he does not belong to the tribal community as per the parametres laid down by the central government," Makadia instructed PTI.
The committee had earlier invalidated his caste certificates in January, a few weeks after he used to be elected as an MLA from ST-reserved seat.
The Gujarat High Court had quashed the order of the Tribal Development Commissioner and requested Khant to means the committee once again with paperwork supporting his arguments, after he instructed the court docket hat he used to be now not given an opportunity to put forward his case earlier than the panel.
"The MLA submitted 200-odd page documents in support of his argument. After going through these papers, we found that his caste certificate is not valid," Makadia stated.
Khant is once again more likely to means the prime court docket as his election from Morva Hadaf may well be disqualified by way of the Election Commission.
Khant, who used to be expecting a price ticket from the Congress, had made up our minds to contest as an unbiased because the Gujarat Congress gave that seat to Bharatiya Tribal Party underneath the seat-sharing settlement and did not box its own candidate.
The five-member scrutiny committee had won a complaint from native tribal leaders that Khant had produced a pretend caste certificates to contest on a seat reserved for tribals.
Gujarat MLA Bhupendrasinh Khant's caste certificate invalidated again
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