The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to the State government on a plea seeking direction to the authorities to probe the authenticity of the caste certificate of Congress' tribal candidate Ekta Thakur from Sihora Assembly constituency in Jabalpur in the upcoming State polls.
Ms. Thakur is one of the 30 women candidates fielded by the Congress in the State, while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given candidature to 28 women in the November 17 polls to the 230-member State Assembly.
The Congress has announced candidates for all 230 seats, while the BJP has announced nominees for 228 Assembly segments till now. Sihora seat is reserved for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community.
