Troubles of Samajwadi Party MP Chhotelal Kharwar may increase in Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad High Court has issued a notice against the SP leader. The court has issued this notice in view of an election petition filed against the SP MP. Chhotelal Kharwar is accused of giving many wrong information in his affidavit.
Chhotelal Kharwar is a Samajwadi Party MP from Robertsganj seat in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. Apna Dal leader Rinki Singh has filed an election petition against him in the High Court, on which the court issued a notice against the SP MP. Rinki Singh was Chhotelal Kharwar’s closest rival in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on the Robertsganj seat.
Demand for cancellation of Chhotelal Kharwar’s election
Apna Dal (S) leader Rinki Singh Kol has filed an election petition in the Allahabad High Court accusing Kharwar of contesting the election by hiding facts. The election petition states that Chhotelal Kharwar has given wrong information about caste certificate, property, income, educational qualification in his affidavit. Also, the SP MP has hidden the number of dependents from his first wife in the election affidavit.
In this election petition filed in the Allahabad High Court, a demand has been made to cancel the election of Chhotelal Kharwar. Also, an appeal was made to declare Rinki Singh Kol, who came second in the Lok Sabha elections, as the winner. At the same time, after hearing this election petition, the court has issued a notice against SP MP Chhotelal Kharwar.
Chhotelal left BJP and became MP from SP in 2024
Current SP MP Chhotelal Kharwar broke ties with BJP just before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and joined Akhilesh Yadav’s party. Chhotelal became MP from Robertsganj seat on BJP ticket in 2014. In the 2024 elections, he contested on SP ticket under Bharat Gathbandhan and won by 1,29,234 votes. At the same time, Rinki Singh Kol, a candidate of Apna Dal (S) included in the NDA alliance, came second. Rinki Singh Kol is the daughter-in-law of Pakodi Kol, who was an MP in 2019. In the 2024 elections, Rinki Singh Kol got 3,36,614 votes while Chhotelal Kharwar got 4,65,848 votes.
