Cong, rjd seek EC action on 'age altering' by dy cm and rojgar stipend transfer
PATNA, Nov. 2 -- The Congress and RJD on Saturday raised their complaints over deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary's alleged "altering of age" and installments being sent to beneficiaries under the Mukhya Mantri Rojgar Yojana in last few weeks despite the model code of conduct in force. Both the opposition parties sought the intervention of the central poll panel in these two issues.
Congress social media chairperson and national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Saturday accused BJP's deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhary of "magically" altering his age in election affidavits to hoodwink voters and flout constitutional norms.
"When they feel like it, Samrat Chaudhary increases his age; when they don't, he decreases it," Shrinate alleged at a press briefing here, brandishing documents including a 2003 Supreme Court order that pegged his date of birth as 1981-making him just 44 today-against his latest declaration of 56 years and a 1968 birth year.
The Congress briefing dissected Chaudhary's "thrice-born" saga- a moniker from a 2003 newspaper report-rooted in Article 173 of the Constitution, which mandates candidates be at least 25 on nomination scrutiny day. Shrinate highlighted the 2003 Supreme Court verdict in Sushil Kumar vs Rakesh Kumar (Chaudhary's alias), which annulled his Parbatta assembly win for age fraud. The court, relying on a 1996 Bihar Secondary Education Board certificate from Kirtanand Vidyalaya (where he appeared as a private candidate with roll number 19 but failed), fixed his DOB as 1981. Ironically, the expose was first led by late BJP stalwart Sushil Modi, then an opposition firebrand, who petitioned the court.
Yet, Shrinate alleged, the "fraud" persists. In his 2010 affidavit, Chaudhary claimed to be 28-aligning with a 1981 birth, making him 44 now. But the 2025 filing jumps to 56 (1968), a 13-year leap....
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