Nagaon: The Gauhati High Court declared that Naba Kumar Sarania, Member of Parliament from the Kokrajhar constituency in Assam, will be ineligible to contest elections.Sarania was to seek re-election from Kokrajhar. The court dismissed a petition by Sarania challenging a January 12 order of the state-level caste scrutiny committee (SLSC) that cancelled the Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate issued to him in 2011.Sarania is a two-term Lok Sabha member from Kokrajhar. Kokrajhar is due to vote on May... Read this story
