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Araku MP submits certificates to panel
Araku Lok Sabha member Kothapalli Geeta on Saturday appeared before the District-Level Scrutiny Committee (DLSC) and submitted proof of caste in the wake of complaints raised by CPM leaders during the 2014 polls.
​Kakinada: Araku Lok Sabha member Kothapalli Geeta on Saturday appeared before the District-Level Scrutiny Committee (DLSC) and submitted proof of caste in the wake of complaints raised by CPM leaders during the 2014 polls. It may be recalled that the CPM in a complaint to the election authorities then stated that the YSRCP candidate Geeta belongs to Aid Andhra Christian Community and not belonged to ST Valmiki Community as mentioned in the election declaration.
Enquiry on her caste at East Godavari Collectorate
Subsequently, an enquiry was ordered by authorities. In this connection, she appeared before the East Godavari District Additional Magistrate and Joint Collector S Satyanarayana. Later, speaking to presspersons on Collectorate premises, Geeta said that she submitted all the evidence to prove that she belongs to ST Valmiki and said that her father did a lot of service to these sections in East Godavari agency.
With regards to her service to a constituency, she said that she would be opening offices in East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts as the Araku constituency is spread to all the four districts. Geeta evaded answer over her joining TDP. “Let me fist serve the people of the constituency and then speak politics,” she said. When contacted, Joint Collector S Satyanarayana said that as the issue was court enquiry, the details cannot be disclosed.
