Morva Hadaf constituency in Panchamahal district was reserved for tribal candidates.
The scrutiny committee, headed by Tribal Development Commissioner R J Makadia, today invalidated Khant's caste certificate after going through the documents provided by him in support of his certificate that declared him a tribal.
Khant had defeated BJP's Vikramsinh Dindor by over 4,000 votes in the December 2017 Assembly elections. The legislator had later announced that he would join the Congress.
The committee had earlier invalidated his caste certificate in January, a few weeks after he was elected as an MLA from ST-reserved seat.
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Khant is once again likely to approach the high court as his election from Morva Hadaf might be disqualified by the Election Commission.
Khant, who was expecting a ticket from the Congress, had decided to contest as an independent as the Gujarat Congress gave that seat to Bharatiya Tribal Party under the seat-sharing agreement and did not field its own candidate.
The five-member scrutiny committee had received a complaint from local tribal leaders that Khant had produced a fake caste certificate to contest on a seat reserved for tribals.
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