The Madhya Pradesh High Court here on Friday deferred its decision on petitions challenging election of four BJP MlAs including the BJP MlA from Mhow Assembly constituency and Urban Administration and Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya.
Besides Vijayvargiya, the other BJP MlAs whose elections to the State Assembly have been challenged included BJP MlA from Manawar, Ranjana Baghel, Dhar MlA Neena Verma and the BJP MlA from Ratlam, Chetanya Kashyap. The defeated Congress candidate from Mhow, Antar Singh Durbar had filed a petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore bench) challenging the election of the BJP MlA Kailash Vijayvargiya.
In his petition, Durbar had accused Vijayvargiya of violating the election code of conducts by influencing the voters of Mhow assembly constituency through distribution of money and accordingly demanded declaration of his election as null and void. Similarly, defeated Congress candidate from Balmukund Gautam and Sureshchandra Bhandari had challenged the election of Dhar BJP MlA Neena Verma, alleging flaws in her nomination papers.
Besides Vijayvargiya and Neena Verma, elections of Manawar BJP MlA and former State education Minister, Ranjana Baghel and Ratlam BJP MlA Chetanya Kashyap were also challenged in the High Court, wherein the petitioners had sought their disqualification from the State Assembly for alleged flaws in their elections. While Ranjana Baghel’s election had been challenged by Niranjan Dabar and Govind, former MlA Paras Saaklecha had challenged the election of Ratlam MlA Chaitnya Kashyap.
The single bench of justice Prakash Shrivastav of the Madhya Pradesh High Court while taking up all the four petitions for hearing on Friday, served notices on all four BJP MlAs, the district election officers concerned as well as on the Election Commission seeking replies on the petition within stipulated time period. The High Court has fixed March 13 as the next date of hearing.