New Delhi/Ghaziabad: A ward councillor from Ghaziabad, who won from BJP ticket is in the eye of the storm for obtaining different sorts of case certificates for his family members fueling allegation of case certificate forgery.
According to sources, out of five family members in discussion, three have obtained Scheduled Caste certificate while two have got Other Backward Caste (OBC) certificate.
Rajkumar, the son of Gokul Chandra won from ward 26 Sundarpuri of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation which was reserved for Scheduled Caste during the municipal elections 2023. He won on BJP ticket. After his victory in the election, a complaint was lodged at the District Magistrate with the complainant allleging that that the winning candidate mentioned his caste as Kori community in the affidavit during his nomination. The complainant in his allegation has claimed that the caste certificate was fake. Rajkumar, the Ward 26 councillor, however, sees 'vendetta' by his political opponent to defame him.
"My victory in the election made the opposition panic. They have hatched a conspiracy to malign my image. There is a registry of our house of 1962 of my grandfather in which our caste has been shown. Why didn't they raised objection earlier? My politcal rivals are questioning now. The matter will be resolved at the the court now," he said.