Kendrapara/Bhubaneswar, Jan 30: Yesterday, regarding the mention of two names of father and wife in the affidavits and other documents in different times, BJD legislator and Kendrapara MLA, Kishore Tarai came out to the public and admitted the mistake done in the legal document. Also, he held the teachers who had conducted the survey for preparation of voter identity card, responsible for the mistake in his father’s name. Tarai was targeted by both the BJP and Congress parties for having changed the names of his relatives in different times.
Notably, the name of Kishore’s wife was mentioned as Kabita Tarai in the affidavit he had submitted during the general election while in land purchase document her name read as Babita. Even his wife, who is contesting the panchayat poll from Penthapala gram Panchayat, has submitted her caste certificate to election officer during nomination mentioning her name as Babita Tarai. In a similar manner, the affidavit which was submitted by the ruling party legislator during 2004 Assembly election read Bimbadhar Tarai as his father while in another affidavit produced before the Election Commission during 2014 polls, he mentioned his father’s name as Bimal Tarai.