Rohini Acharya
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A petition has been filed in the Patna High Court against Rohini Acharya, candidate of Saran Lok Sabha seat and daughter of Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav. The petitioner has demanded cancellation of Rohini’s nomination. Petitioner Nripendra Kumar Chaturvedi challenged the acceptance of Rohini’s nomination by the Returning Officer. He said that Rohini’s nomination is illegal. He has not mentioned many things including property, home address, citizenship in his nomination.
Claim- Rohini ineligible to contest Lok Sabha elections
Petitioner Nripendra Kumar Chaturvedi said that no check has been done on Rohini Acharya’s passport. She lived in Singapore for more than seven years. Has he acquired citizenship there or not? He also raised questions on Indian citizenship. The petitioner said that Rohini Acharya is ineligible to contest the Lok Sabha elections under Articles 84 and 102 of the Constitution of our country. Therefore this matter should be taken seriously.
Many wrong facts have been written in the affidavit
Petitioner Nripendra Kumar Chaturvedi also alleged that the RJD candidate from Saran Lok Sabha seat has written many wrong facts in the affidavit filed along with his nomination papers. He has not given his home address Saran or Patna. Apart from this, details of his property, income tax details, amount deposited in bank accounts have also been given wrong. It also claimed that Rohini Acharya has suppressed facts regarding Singapore house, details of income and residential place in the nomination and affidavit. The petitioner clearly wrote that knowing all these things, the Returning Officer of Saran Lok Sabha seat accepted the nomination papers of Rohini without investigating all these facts. He said that under Section 36 of the Representation of the People Act, it was necessary to scrutinize the affidavit before accepting the nomination of Rohini Acharya.
