'Clerical error' turns MP farmer into 'poorest man in India'; income certificate goes viral
Satna (MP), Jul 27 (PTI): A certificate showing a Madhya Pradesh farmer's annual income as Rs 3 went viral on social media with the Internet dubbing him as the "poorest man in India", prompting the authorities to clarify that it was a "clerical error".
A photograph of the income certificate issued to Ramswaroop (45), a resident of Nayagaon village under Kothi tehsil of Satna district, complete with the tehsildar's signature, surfaced on social media this week.
The document, issued with the signature of Tehsildar Saurabh Dwivedi on July 22, was circulated widely on social media, with netizens calling Ramswaroop the "poorest man in the country".
Officials soon scrambled into action, and by July 25, a new certificate was issued, boosting the farmer's reported annual income to Rs 30,000, i.e., Rs 2,500 per month.
The original certificate implied Ramswaroop earned 25 paise a month.
"It was a clerical error, which has been corrected. A new income certificate has been issued," Dwivedi clarified.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress pounced on the blunder, sharing the original certificate on X.
"In MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's rule, we discovered India's poorest man! Annual income: just Rs 3!" the party claimed in its post.
"Isn't it shocking? A mission to make people poor? Because now the chair itself eats the commission," it alleged.
मोहन राज में ही मिला भारत का सबसे गरीब आदमी! सतना जिले में एक आय प्रमाण पत्र जारी हुआ! सालाना आमदनी केवल 03.00 रुपए बताई गई है!
— MP Congress (@INCMP) July 26, 2025
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
