India, March 31 -- Congress leveled a serious allegation against Odisha Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling claiming that the BJP leader had obtained fake caste certificate for study and job prior to becoming an MLA and Minister.

"The sub cast from which Mukesh Mahaling comes was included in Scheduled Caste (SC) in 2002 with a Presidential order. Before that, how Mahaling obtained the caste certificate that he submitted in school, college and during the government job," Odisha Congress Spokesperson Abhisek Mahanand questioned.

A few days ago, Sambalpur RDC had summoned Mahaling in this regard, but the Minister did not appear before it to make his stand clear, he said.

He said that the entire state and nation have watched the way Mukesh...