The Orissa Congress unit on Friday demanded strong action against BJD MLA from Tirtol Rabindranath Bhoi for filing a false affidavit during submission of his nomination papers for the 2009 Assembly elections.
The party even submitted a memorandum to the Speaker of the Assembly and state chief election commissioner demanding investigation into the matter.
The matter came to light when Niranjan Sethi, a Bhubaneswar-based lawyer, sought details of the educational qualification of Mr Bhoi from the principal of SVM College, Jagatsinghpur, Manindra Mohanty, under the Right to Information Act on July 12, 2013. In his affidavit, the legislator had mentioned that he had passed HSC examination in 1983 from Alaka High School, Balia under Biridi block and completed his Class 12 science course from SVM College, Jagatsinghpur in 1985.