Rajasthan HC allows govt doctor to contest assembly polls, rejoin duty if he loses
Jaipur (PTI): The Rajasthan High Court has allowed a government doctor to contest the November 25 assembly polls and rejoin duty if he loses.
Deepak Ghoghra, 43, is contesting the election from the Dungarpur constituency on a Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) ticket. He is the son of BTP state president Velaram Ghoghra.
In an order on October 20, Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati of the Joghpur bench of the high court said, "...the respondents may kindly be directed to relieve the petitioner from the post of medical officer for the purpose of participation in the upcoming Rajasthan state assembly election 2023 and permit the petitioner to contest/ participate in the election."
"...the respondent may kindly be further directed that if the petitioner loses in election, the petitioner would be permitted to join back on the post of medical officer as accordingly," the order stated.
Ghoghra said this is the first such case in the state that the high court has allowed a government doctor to contest and rejoin duty in case of defeat.
"It is a landmark ruling and opens the door to more doctors following suit," Ghoghra, posted at the Dungarpur District Hospital, told PTI.
Ghoghra said he has been posted in Dungarpur for 10 years and the local people know him well and expressed confidence of winning the seat.
"It is important that educated people come forward and join politics to serve people. My decision to contest the election has been received well by the people and I am fully confident that because of my one-to-one connection with the people, I will be winning this seat," he said.
Goghra is pitted against Bansilal Katara of the BJP and Congress candidate Ganesh Ghoghra, who is the sitting MLA.
The BTP has fielded 17 candidates and two of them are doctors, including Ghoghra.
Voting on 200 seats in the state will be held on November 25 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
