RAJYA SABHA
The Election Commission
of India, which has been vested with the responsibilities of superintendence,
direction and control of preparation of the electoral rolls as
well as conduct of elections as per Article 324 of the Constitution,
has informed that it does not have any information in this regard.
Out of the two other concerned Ministries viz. the Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs,
the former has informed that it does not maintain such statistics.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has also informed that it does
not maintain such statistics as the job of issuance and verification
of Scheduled Tribe certificates rests with the concerned State
Governments and Union Territory Administrations. The Ministry
of Tribal Affairs has, however, further informed that the National
Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, on investigation
into the matter on complaint filed with it, in its findings has
observed that they are considered views that Shri Ajit P.K. Jogi,
Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh does not belong to Kanwar tribe,
rather he belongs to Satnami caste which has been notified as
a Scheduled Caste in relation to the State of Chhattisgarh.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri K. Jana
Krishnamurthi in a written reply to a question from Shri Dilip
Singh Judev in the Rajya Sabha today.
