Janjgir-Champa. Hearing was held in the High Court on Friday on the petition challenging the election of Jajepur assembly constituency. In which the court has issued notice to the Election Commission and Congress MLA Baleshwar Sahu and sought their reply.
Actually, Saroj Chandra and Digambar Sahu, voters of Jajepur assembly constituency of Janjgir-Champa district, have filed two separate petitions in the High Court. Advocate T.K. In the petition filed through Jha, on the basis of the orders of the Election Commission and the Supreme Court, it has been said that on the orders of the Supreme Court, the Commission has issued a circular saying that all the candidates contesting the elections should not disclose the information about their criminal records to the media. Apart from this, it is important to share on different platforms of social media. But Congress candidate Baleshwar Sahu did not follow the orders of the commission.
It has been told in the petition that Congress candidate and elected MLA Baleshwar Sahu has given an affidavit in the nomination papers and has also released it in the media. But this information has not been shared on social media. Which is a violation of the orders of the Election Commission. In the petition, a demand has been made to declare the election of MLA Baleshwar Sahu void.