Panel upholds annulment of BJP MP’S caste certificate

BETUL: The decision of the Madhya Pradesh government’s scrutiny committee to annul the caste certificate of BJP MP from Betul (ST) constituency, Jyoti Dhurve, has been upheld by a review panel of the state tribal works department. The department has also directed Betul collector and superintendent of police (SP) to take legal action in the matter. Dhurve was elected as Lok Sabha member from Betul for the first time in 2009 and again won from there in 2014. Her caste certificate was in 2017 annulled by the scrutiny committee - mandated by the state government to look into complaints pertaining to caste documents.