A high-level scrutiny committee set up by the Chhattisgarh Government has dismissed former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi’s claim of belonging to a Scheduled Tribe (ST), an official said here on Tuesday.
Jogi, in his reaction to the yet-unpublished findings, said they were false, and alleged that the committee was influenced by the Congress Government in the State.
The high-powered certification scrutiny committee was formed on the order of the Chhattisgarh High Court in 2018. The panel, headed by DD Singh, Secretary, Tribal and Scheduled Caste
Development Department, finalised the report last week, a senior Government official said here.
It concluded that Jogi failed to substantiate his claim of being member of Kanwar community, a Scheduled Tribe, and hence all the caste certificates declaring him to be a tribal stand cancelled, the official said, quoting the report.
The committee also authorised Bilaspur collector to carry out necessary proceedings under the Chhattisgarh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes (Regulation of Social Status Certification) Rules, 2013, the official said.