Congress leader sends legal notice to Madhya Pradesh CM, state BJP chief for ‘false facts’ on OBC quota

Congress Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha on Sunday sent a legal notice to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asking him to apologize for “propagating false facts” of the Supreme Court proceedings on the OBC reservation matter within three days. He also asked Chouhan to present the correct facts of SC proceedings relating to OBC quota on print, television and social media platforms within that time frame. Tankha sent a legal notice through his lawyer.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) to put on hold the voting process on seats reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies and re-notify those seats for the general category.

The apex court’s decision came after Bhopal district panchayat president, Congress leader Manmohan Nagar, approached the apex court, stating that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh violated constitutional provisions on reservation rotation and delimitation for panchayat elections in the state. has done.

Tankha has sent a legal notice to MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, asking him to apologize within three days by putting the correct facts of the Supreme Court proceedings related to OBC reservation in the ongoing Panchayat elections on print, television and social media platforms. . Advocate Shashank Shekhar said.

He said that legal notices have also been sent to BJP State President VD Sharma and State Urban Administration and Development Minister Bhupendra Singh. Shekhar said the persons who have been served the notices used their “IT troll army” to bring down Tankha, the court, the lawyers, the petitioners and the state of Madhya Pradesh by “propagating the wrong facts” of the court proceedings on the OBC reservation matter. done for. ,

Quoting the notice, he said, “If you fail to do so, you are liable to pay Rs 10 crore as compensation.” Responding to the notice, Jabalpur unit president of the ruling BJP and advocate GS Thakur said there was no individual. Comment on Senior Advocate Vivek Tankha, the notice has no legal basis.

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