Ambedkar grandson's political fate in balance
September 26, 2010 8:49:10 PM
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
A petition in Supreme Court challenging the election of sitting MP
from Akola has much in store to determine the political fate of Baba
Bhim Rao Ambedkar's grandson, a two-time MP from Akola.
Having lost the 2009 Parliamentary elections by a whisker, Prakash
Ambedkar, who was unseated by his nearest rival Sanjay Shyamrao
Dhotre, had decided to serve constituency and party — Bhartiya
Republican Party-Bahujan Mahasabha, a breakaway of Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP).
However, fortune seems to have smiled at him again after an election
petition filed by one Gajanan Samadhan Lande, an agriculturist of
Akola, has challenged Dhotre's election on the charge that he held an
office of profit on the date of election.
An apex Bench of Justices JM Panchal and Gyan Sudha Mishra has issued
notice after being convinced by the records of the petitioner which
clearly suggest Dhotre held the post of director, Maharashtra Seeds
Corporation Ltd, a Government body from which he received emoluments
and other benefits.
Article 102(1)(a) of the Constitution specifies that such post would
be an office of profit. Moreover, the petitioner has submitted
documents of the company showing how the State and Central Governments
hold substantial stake, giving it the nature of an office of profit
under the Government.
The petitioner had first approached Bombay High Court which refused to
entertain the petition. But now, with the apex court having issued
notice, the matter would be argued at length
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