'Cancel membership of all MLAs and MP who have used fake caste certificates': VHP

Vishwa Hindu Parishad has demanded the cancellation of membership of all those “fraudulent” MPs and MLAs who won reserved seats by submitting “fake caste certificates.” Reacting over the recent Kerala High Court order, setting aside the election of CPI’s A Raja from Devikulam Assembly seat in Idukki district, VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal said here on Tuesday, “Hindu society will not tolerate such unfairness against the members of our SC brothers at any cost.” “A Raja’s membership was cancelled from Kerala’s Devikulam constituency. He further added, “We demand that the membership of all such fraudulent Christian MPs and MLAs should be cancelled, who are sitting in the Houses using such fake caste certificates by cheating on the rights of Scheduled Castes”. The Kerala High Court on Monday cancelled the result of the assembly election held at Devikulam constituency in Idukki district, noting that the MLA does not qualify to contest from the constituency. The High Court set aside the election on a petition filed by Congress leader D Kumar, who was the runner-up in the 2021 Assembly polls, alleging that Raja was not qualified to contest the Devikulam seat reserved for the Scheduled Caste community.