Raipur: The order of district level caste scrutiny committee
revealed that Richa Jogi along with her mother and brother had declared themselves
a non-tribal while sale of an ancestral land in June 2010.
The investigation committee has found that after
selling the ancestral land, Richa Rupali Sadhu, mother Rashmikanta and brother
Rishabh Sushil have declared their caste Christian. The committee has also
stated in its order that on October 12 2020 Richa Jogi in column 10 of the form
presented before the committee, stated that his father was living in
Chhattisgarh for 44 years. While checking the documents related to posting in
the forest department, the caste-gotra column has been found completely empty. Besides,
in the reply submitted to the committee, it was told that their dialect is
Gondi, whereas Gondi is dialect of tribals of Bastar and Gond tribes in Bilaspur
Mungeli region do not speak this dialect.
After the thorough investigation by the committee it
has also been revealed that Richa Jogi contested in Chhattisgarh Legislative
Assembly Elections 2018 from Akaltara assembly seat as a general candidate. The
column of caste has been found blank in the documents of the land which he has
mentioned in the property details given in the nomination papers filed at the
time of election. Gond is not registered anywhere. During the filing of
nomination, Richa Jogi had deposited a bail amount of Rs 10,000, while for the
Scheduled Tribes; the bail amount appears to be Rs 5,000. No explanation was
given by Richa Jogi in this regard.
Meanwhile, the district level scrutiny committee has
rejected caste certificate of former Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC)
president Amit Jogi’s wife Richa Jogi. Besides, the caste certificate of Amit
Jogi has already been rejected by the high level committee on Saturday. As a
result, both husband and wife duo will not contest in the upcoming Marwahi (ST)
by polls, Marwahi being a reserved seat and the bastion of Jogi’s.
Senior BJP leader Sant Kumar Netam lodged a
complaint before the District Level Investigation Committee on September 28
regarding the caste issue of Richa Jogi. With this complaint, Netam presented
all the evidence, on the basis of which it was claimed that the certificate
calming Richa Jogi a tribal is forged. Netam had demanded verification of caste
certificate from the committee. On the basis of this complaint, the
investigation committee revoked the caste certificate issued to Richa Jogi
based on the facts revealed in the fresh investigation.
