Overview
- Justice Kardak Ete issued notices to the Assam government, the Centre, the Election Commission, the Assam assembly Speaker and Bijoy Malakar, returnable in four weeks.
- The writ petition by Braja Gopal Sinha and Bijoy Kumar Kanu seeks Malakar’s disqualification on the ground that he is not an Indian citizen.
- The petition alleges Malakar and his parents entered Assam after March 25, 1971, the cut-off used in the state for determining citizenship eligibility.
- The filing cites electoral records, saying Malakar’s name first appears in a 2005 supplementary voters’ list and that no linkage to the 1966 or 1971 rolls was found.
- A District Election Officer’s November 29 verification was described as inconclusive, while Malakar rejects the allegation as politically motivated and asserts long-standing family residence in Sribhumi.