Akshata Sharma
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Two councillors from the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat's Amreli city were disqualified from the local body as they had three children. They were found to be in violation of the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963. The order for the same was issued by the office of Amreli district collector, Ajay Dahiya.
BJP leaders Khima Kasotiya and Meghna Bokha were disqualified from Amreli’s Damnagar Nagarpalika with immediate effect on Monday, reported The Indian Express. The Collector cited birth certificates put on record by Damnagar Municipal Chief Officer Krupesh Patel.
While the disqualification of the councillors comes as a setback for the BJP in the midst of the election season, it will not impact the party's grip on the civic body in Amreli.
The two councillors were summoned by the Collector's office ahead of their disqualification. When they had contested the Damnagar civic body election in 2021, both Kasotiya and Bokha placed the birth certificates of two children on record.
However, the new certificates indicated that Kasotiya,a BJP councillor from Ward No.2, and Bokha, BJP councillor from Ward No.3, became parents for the third time, which is in violation of the Gujarat Municipalities Act.
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