Today Bhupendra Khant an independent MLA from Gujarat’s Morva Hadaf constituency of Panchmahal was disqualified for producing an invalid caste certificate during Gujarat Assembly election from segment reserved only for the ST community. The seat is reserved for tribal candidate.
MLA Khant was disqualified by Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi. Gujarat governor has disqualified Bhupendra Khant as an MLA with effect from May 2.
Khant would approach Supreme Court. He had earlier lost the case in Gujarat High Court over this issue. Khant said his father belonged to the OBC community, while his mother was a tribal.
