A delegation of the State Congress called on the Commissioner of MP Tribal Welfare Department Dipali Rastogi and demanded to clear information regarding the caste certificate of Betul parliamentarian Jyoti Dhurve.
The delegation that was led by State Congress in-charge general secretary Chandrika Prasad Divedi included Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) general secretaries PC Sharma and Veersingh Yadav, MPCC – Schedule Tribe state president Ajay Shah, MPCC spokespersons Ravi Saxena and Durgesh Sharma, MPCC secretary Vikas Sharma and others.
The Congress delegation handed over a letter to Commissioner of MP Tribal Welfare Department Dipali Rastogi asking that as to why no action has been taken over the recommendation of the High Power Committee that cancelled the caste certificate of Dhurve and forwarded it competent officer for proper action.
The delegation through its letter wished to knew from the Commissioner that does any exemption in relation to the caste certificate has been provided to Dhurve or any stay has been granted over the High Power Committee order or any remedial decision has been taken should be made clear so that Congress could put up the case before competent officer or court.
The delegation also demanded the certified copies of the documents of the action taken to cancel the caste certicate of Dhurve from the Commissioner.
Notably, the decision to reject the caste certificate of Jyoti Dhurve was taken by the state-level scrutiny committee comprising senior officials of the state. According to informed sources, the committee formed by the state's Tribal Welfare Department had been inquiring into the genuineness of certificate issued to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP. As per the order, the documents submitted by Dhurve in support of her caste certificate relate to her maternal side, her husband and his relatives, whereas caste is decided on the basis of paternal lineage," the source said.