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The election of mayor of Sagar Municipal Corporation, Kamla Bua, an eunuch, has been set aside by the district court for submitting wrong information about her caste. Kamla Bua's nearest rival Suman Ahirwar had challenged her election on the ground that she did not belong to Kori caste as claimed by her in her nomination papers.
However, on the request of Kamla Bua's counsel, the court stayed her own verdict till December 15, so that an appeal could be filed in High Court.
The court also ruled that petitioner Ahirwar should now be appointed as mayor. The post of Sagar Mayor was reserved for woman of Scheduled Caste community during the 2009 election. Kamla Bua's counsel said that since nobody had objected to her nomination papers during scrutiny on the basis of her caste, there was no point in entertaining the petition, but the court ruled that cannot be the basis for rejecting the petition.
District Judge Pratibha Ratnaparkhi while delivering the judgement directed the District Collector to ensure removal of Kamla Bua as Mayor of the city and replace her with her nearest rival Suman Ahirwar, the petitioner. Kamla Bai was elected as mayor to the Sagar Municipal Corporation as an independent in December 2009 by a margin of 43,000 votes and had later joined the BJP.
The election of a eunuch as mayor of Sagar town was a history repeated in MP. This was the fourth instance in the State, when eunuchs were elected to other posts.
Eunuch Kamla Bua, who contested the election of mayor from Sagar as an independent, had defeated her nearest rival of BJP by a huge margin.
Both the BJP and Congress had fielded strong candidates against her in the town, but the voters preferred Kamla Bua, following several reasons including corruption. The BJP had fielded Suman Ahirwar, wife of Ashok Ahirwar who is national BJP elective member and assistant professor in Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar. Ashok had once contested legislator's election from Naryawali and lost.
Kamla Bua had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in June 2010. However, Suman Ahirwar, being a BJP member did not withdraw her complaint against Kamla Bua.
However, on the request of Kamla Bua's counsel, the court stayed her own verdict till December 15, so that an appeal could be filed in High Court.
The court also ruled that petitioner Ahirwar should now be appointed as mayor. The post of Sagar Mayor was reserved for woman of Scheduled Caste community during the 2009 election. Kamla Bua's counsel said that since nobody had objected to her nomination papers during scrutiny on the basis of her caste, there was no point in entertaining the petition, but the court ruled that cannot be the basis for rejecting the petition.
District Judge Pratibha Ratnaparkhi while delivering the judgement directed the District Collector to ensure removal of Kamla Bua as Mayor of the city and replace her with her nearest rival Suman Ahirwar, the petitioner. Kamla Bai was elected as mayor to the Sagar Municipal Corporation as an independent in December 2009 by a margin of 43,000 votes and had later joined the BJP.
The election of a eunuch as mayor of Sagar town was a history repeated in MP. This was the fourth instance in the State, when eunuchs were elected to other posts.
Eunuch Kamla Bua, who contested the election of mayor from Sagar as an independent, had defeated her nearest rival of BJP by a huge margin.
Both the BJP and Congress had fielded strong candidates against her in the town, but the voters preferred Kamla Bua, following several reasons including corruption. The BJP had fielded Suman Ahirwar, wife of Ashok Ahirwar who is national BJP elective member and assistant professor in Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar. Ashok had once contested legislator's election from Naryawali and lost.
Kamla Bua had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in June 2010. However, Suman Ahirwar, being a BJP member did not withdraw her complaint against Kamla Bua.
