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Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer K Ravikumar has asked the Seraikela-Kharsawan Deputy Commissioner to probe into an allegation that JMM MLA Dashrath Gagrai utilized a fake individuality during the elections.
The CEO said that a ceremonial ailment had been lodged by 1 Lalji Ram Tiu, questioning the individuality of Mr. Gagrai, the three-term Kharsawan MLA.
The legislator dismissed the charge, claiming that the complainant has the wont of making specified allegations against those successful power.
"I person forwarded the complaint, which is supported by an affidavit of the complainant, to the Seraikela-Kharsawan Deputy Commissioner Nitish Kumar Singh to look into it," the CEO said.
He besides stated that controversies involving MLAs, aft the elections are implicit and the results are declared, volition person to beryllium addressed by the authorities politician concerned, portion those involving MPs volition person to beryllium dealt with by the President.
The complaint, a transcript of which is with PTI, was initially filed connected July 28, questioning the precise individuality of the sitting MLA.
Lalji Ram Tiu, who claims to beryllium an ex-serviceman, alleged that the "person presently serving arsenic MLA successful the sanction of Dashrath Gagrai is, successful fact, Ramkrishna Gagrai, the elder member of existent Dashrath Gagrai".
In a signed affidavit dated September 18, the complainant reaffirmed his claims, citing idiosyncratic knowledge, documents, and authoritative records, giving ineligible value to the inquiry.
When contacted, the MLA dismissed the allegations arsenic baseless.
Dashrath Gagrai told PTI, "I person submitted affidavits and documents, which person undergone scrutiny for 3 presumption successful the assembly polls. The charges are baseless. In fact, the complainant, an accused of raping a minor, is present retired connected bail and has the wont of making specified allegations against those successful power."
