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Kodikkunnil’s candidature challenged

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KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday posted for instructions of the Election Commission of India on two public interest writ petitions alleging that Kodikkunnil Suresh is not a member of any Scheduled Caste community and therefore he has not been entitled to contest elections in constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Castes.

During the hearing, the Bench consisting of Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Kurian Joseph queried how Suresh was allowed to contest elections from a reserved constituency more than once in the past.One of the petitioners N Sasidharan of Poovanthuruth, Kottayam, is a member of the Mannan community, which is a Scheduled Caste, who intends to contest election from Mavelikkara Constituency where Suresh is the designated UDF candidate. The other petitioner Biju T Cherukol of Mavelikkara, a state committee member of the NCP, is aggrieved by the fact that the authorities are not taking any action on the petitions filed by him seeking action against Suresh.

Both the petitioners allege that Suresh is a Christian Cheramar born to Christian parents and was baptised. But, he contested and won elections from Adoor reserved constituency using a fake caste certificate that he is a member of the Hindu Cheramar community, which is a Scheduled Caste.

He was a Member of Parliament for 14 years and is going to contest the election from Mavelikkara reserved constituency for which he is disqualified as Cheramar Christian community is not a Scheduled Caste.According to Sasidharan, Suresh was baptised at the Ayroorppara Malankara Catholic Church. His original name was Moniyan. As per the records of Pothenkode LVHS and his SSLC book, he is a Christian Charamar.

Therefore, the direction to the Election Commission to declare that Kodikkunnil Suresh is disqualified from contesting any further election to Parliament and that his elections in the past were invalid.Legal action against Suresh, including to return of the benefits received by him as a Member of Parliament, criminal action against him and the Nedumbangad tahasildar and the Vembayam village officer who issued the false caste certificate, are also sought for.

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