Supreme Court sets aside Bombay HC judgment; upholds BJP MP Navneet Rana's caste certificate
LS polls: BJP releases 7th list of candidates, Navneet Rana to contest Amravati Rana had challenged the Bombay High Court order of 2021, where the court observed that she fraudulently obtained a 'Mochi' certificate, even though records showed she belonged to the 'Sikh-Chamar' caste, Live Law reported. The Bombay HC had also imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on the Amravati MP. After this Rana knocked Supreme Court's door and argued that her forefathers belonged to the Sikh-Chamar caste wherein 'Sikh' is a religious prefix and is not related to a caste.
Her case was she belongs to the 'Chamar' caste. On 28 March, Independent MP Rana joined BJP in the presence of state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule in Nagpur. Gourav Vallabh joins BJP after quitting Congress Rana on Thursday filed her nomination papers from Maharashtra's Amravati constituency ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
Rana along with her husband Ravi Rana offered prayers at Hanumangarhi Mandir, in Amravati before filing nominations for the LS polls on Thursday. Lok Sabha elections: Pre-poll survey predicts 'abki baar NOT 400 paar' for NDA Rana won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amravati as 'Independent'-a constituency reserved for the SC category. Rana had defeated Shiv Sena candidate and former Union minister Anandrao Adsul from Amravati in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
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