There is a unique news from Darbhanga district of Bihar. Here the chair of a woman head has been snatched away. The woman, despite having Nepalese citizenship, contested elections in India and won, keeping the State Election Commission in the dark. Now the State Election Commission has given its decision after hearing the entire matter. Where the chair of the female head has been lost, now legal action will also be taken.
Saba Praveen alias Saba Khatoon, who was till now the head of Kothiya Panchayat of Keoti block of Darbhanga district, has lost her chair. Saba Khatoon was accused of contesting the chieftaincy election in India despite being a citizen of Nepal. In fact, Jitendra Prasad, a resident of Kothia, had filed a complaint in the State Election Commission that Saba Khatoon has citizenship of Bihar as well as Nepal.
Jitendra Prasad, while giving information about dual citizenship under Section 135 and 136 (2) of Bihar Panchayat Raj Act 2006, had demanded the removal of Saba Praveen, who was the head till now, from the post of head. It is clear that under Section 136 (1) of the Bihar Panchayat Election Act 2006, it is mandatory to be a citizen of India to participate in the Indian election process.
After Jitendra Prasad made allegations, the State Election Commission had sought information about the situation from Saba Khatoon. On which Saba Khatoon told that after her father’s death, she had gone to her maternal grandfather’s house in Nepal for some time and soon returned to her ancestral home in Bihar. However, she could not answer that how the name, photo and voter ID card were released in the citizenship register of Nepal? He had also told the Commission that he has written literate in his nomination form, whereas he has passed the examination equivalent to Matriculation. In this way the facts have been hidden by them.
Proof of Indian citizenship not found
Jitendra Prasad put forward the point before the Commission that it has been upheld by the Patna High Court in the Kiran Gupta case that land acquired in India, name in the voter list, PAN card, Aadhar card and educational certificate etc. are not proof of Indian citizenship. Is. In the same matter, it has also been uploaded by the Patna High Court that mere renouncing the citizenship of Nepal does not result in obtaining the citizenship of India, but to obtain it, it is necessary to make a request for registration before the competent authority as per the prescribed procedure. Is. Finally, emphasis was laid on the fact that the respondent was a Nepalese citizen on the date of scrutiny. Therefore, under Section 136 (1) of Bihar Panchayat Raj Act 2006, he should be immediately removed from the post of Mukhiya.
Mother of Saba Khatoon, resident of Nepal
When these allegations were made by Jitendra Prasad. After this, Saba Khatoon presented before the Commission that she is a citizen of India by birth and origin. He also told that his mother is a Nepali citizen and his father is an Indian citizen. After her mother’s marriage, she came to India to live, her father died in 2007, due to which she stayed in her maternal grandfather’s house in Nepal for a short time, but it was a very short-term stay. His ancestral home has been India since the beginning and all his family members and relatives including his grandfather are currently residents of Bihar.
In support of her claim, Saba Khatoon also got the photocopy and genealogy of Khatian of the year 1898 inspected by the State Election Commission. He also told the Commission that it is clear from the said plot and family tree that his ancestral family is an original and permanent resident of India. However, he also told the Commission that his mother Ahmadi Khatoon had participated in the Panchayat elections in the year 2016. Voter ID card is also available with them. From the beginning till now the people of his family reside in India.
Studied from Bihar only
In this regard, he also presented the certificates of Focania, considered equivalent to 10th, and Vastaniya, considered equivalent to 8th, issued by Bihar State Madrasa Education Board, Patna. Along with this, documents like Aadhar Card, Voter ID Card issued by the Election Commission of India, Residence Certificate issued from the sub-divisional office of Darbhanga Sadan Sadar were also presented. It was also claimed that she has been a resident of India since birth.
He also told the Commission that as soon as he came to know that his name was included in the citizenship list of Nepal, he requested to remove it from there immediately. After this, on March 3 this year, his name was removed from the citizenship list of Nepal. He told the Commission that possibly due to his mother being a Nepali citizen, his name might have been included in the Nepali voter list and Nepali citizenship list under the provisions of the Citizenship Act.
Information about your citizenship hidden in the affidavit
Apart from all this, all the facts from both the parties were also placed before the State Election Commission, after observing which the State Election Commission clarified that till the date of scrutiny, Saba Praveen alias Saba Khatoon was not a citizen of India, which This has become clear from the undisputed documentary evidence and their acceptance. Thus, despite having qualification under Section 136 (1) of Bihar Panchayat Raj Act 2006, he participated in the election on the basis of false affidavit while hiding the facts and won the post of Mukhiya Gram Panchayat Kothia District Darbhanga. Went. Which is not only legal but also illegal.
Saba Khatoon’s head passed away
Therefore, under the powers given under the relevant sections of Bihar Panchayat Raj Act 2006, Saba Praveen alias Saba Khatoon is relieved from the post of Gram Panchayat Mukhiya with immediate effect. At the same time, the Commission has also made it clear to the District Magistrate of Darbhanga that for hiding the facts and submitting false affidavit, under the provisions of relevant sections of Bihar Panchayat Raj Act 2006 and other relevant sections and despite not being an Indian citizen. Legal action required against Saba Khatoon for participating in the elections in India should be ensured under relevant sections.
