High court notice to MP miner on plea that alleged he faked SC certificate

Jan 16, 2025 09:52 PM Gautam Tetwal was first elected from the reserved seat of Sarangpur in 2008 and was fielded again the BJP in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh elections BHOPAL: The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court has issued notice to technical education miner Gautam Tetwal on a petition that accused him of producing a fake caste certificate to contest the 2023 assembly elections from the reserved seat of Sarangpur in Rajgarh drict. Gautam Tetwal was inducted in Madhya Pradesh chief miner Mohan Yadav’s council of miner as a miner of state (independent charge) (Instagram/gotamtetwalofficial) The notice was issued a bench of justice Subodh Abhyankar following a petition filed last year a Rajgarh resident, Jitendra Kumar Malviya. The petition filed before the high court’s Indore bench, said Tetwal belonged to the Jingar case which comes under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) but had procured a certificate that declared him as a member of the “Mochi” community led as a Scheduled Caste. The high court has also issued notice to principal secretary, scheduled caste commissioner, superintendent of police, Rajgarh and screening committee chairman Bhopal. Tetwal was first elected from the Sarangpur seat (SC) in 2008. He was fielded the BJP in the November 2023 state elections and defeated Congress candidate Kala Mahesh Malviya 23,054 votes. He was subsequently inducted in chief miner Mohan Yadav’s council of miner as a miner of state (independent charge) and given charge of the technical education, skill development and employment portfolio. Recommended Topics News / Cities / Bhopal / High court notice to MP miner on plea that alleged he faked SC certificate See Less