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Dharam is Dilawar, Hema Malini, Ayesha: The Deccan Chronicle
Indore, Apr 19: A case has been filed in a local court along with a complaint to the Election Commission alleging that Bollywood actor and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Bikaner in Rajasthan, Dharmendra, had violated the Hindu Marriage Act and Islamic Shariyat by hiding information about the `change in name and religion` for his marriage with Hema Malini in his nomination papers.
Indore, Apr 19: A case has been filed in a local court along with a complaint to the Election Commission alleging that Bollywood actor and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Bikaner in Rajasthan, Dharmendra, had violated the Hindu Marriage Act and Islamic Shariyat by hiding information about the “change in name and religion” for his marriage with Hema Malini in his nomination papers.
The filing of the case comes a day after Dharmendra said that he wouldn’t mind being a dictator for five years to cleanse politics. The case was filed by Madhya Pradesh Congress Comm-ittee’s Minority Cell Vice Chairman Akthar Beg and Indore City Congress vice president K K Mishra under various sections of IPC, including cheating, in the court of first class judicial magistrate Narendra Jain on April 15.
The court has asked the complainants to record their evidence on April 19, advocate Shailendra Dwivedi, who appared on behalf of the Congress leaders, said.The complainants have claimed that his Dharmendra’s name in actuality is not Dharmendra Singh, but Dilawar Khan as he has got married on May 2, 1980, by changing his name along with that of Hema Chakravorty (Hema Malini) to Ayesha as per the Islamic Shariyat. The complainants have asked the EC to cancel Dharmendra’s nomination on the ground that he hid information about changing his religion.
The court has asked the complainants to record their evidence on April 19, advocate Shailendra Dwivedi, who appared on behalf of the Congress leaders, said.The complainants have claimed that his Dharmendra’s name in actuality is not Dharmendra Singh, but Dilawar Khan as he has got married on May 2, 1980, by changing his name along with that of Hema Chakravorty (Hema Malini) to Ayesha as per the Islamic Shariyat. The complainants have asked the EC to cancel Dharmendra’s nomination on the ground that he hid information about changing his religion.