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Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday complained to the Election Commission against Congress candidate Ghasiram Majhi for the upcoming Nuapada bypoll, seeking rejection of his nomination papers for allegedly hiding his criminal record in an affidavit filed with the election panel.
According to BJP sources, during the 2024 general elections, Congress candidate Majhi had announced the registration of two cases against him at Nuapada police station.
The BJP also alleged that Majhi, however, has not mentioned the two cases pending against him in the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission for the upcoming Nuapada by-election.
Both the cases are still pending in the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate in Nuapada.
The BJP delegation alleged that Majhi has deliberately avoided mentioning the said pending cases in the affidavit filed this time, which is a cognizable offense under Section 125 (A) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
Under this, BJP has demanded from the State Election Commission that strict action should be taken against him as per the law and his nomination papers should be rejected.
Speaking on the issue, Odisha BJP vice president Jatin Mohanty on Tuesday said Congress leaders cannot truly understand the values of the Constitution when there is no internal democracy in the party itself.
“Today’s Congress party has completely deviated from its core ideology. The public no longer accepts the party’s principles or way of functioning. The party has become a hub of criminal and anti-social elements, and its leaders do not hesitate to hide anti-social activities carried out in their personal lives. A glaring example of this has once again become evident in the Nuapada by-election. Mohanty, the Congress candidate in the ongoing Nuapada by-election, said, Ghasiram Majhi has hidden his criminal record in the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission.
The senior BJP leader also termed hiding criminal records by the Congress candidate as a heinous and unacceptable crime.
–IANS
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