Won’t contest rugby poll from HP: Rahul Bose

Rugby India chief Rahul Bose said he wouldn’t contest the forthcoming poll from Himachal Pradesh, amid allegations that he obtained a fake Himachal domicile certificate.

The announcement follows after Diviya Kumari Jubbal, a member of the Jubbal royal family, accused Bose of using a fake certificate to manipulate the rugby poll.

Bose said, “The allegation is that I have obtained a domicile certificate from Himachal Pradesh so that I will be eligible to be sent up as a candidate from Himachal Pradesh for the post of president of Rugby India. I am not and will not be standing as a candidate from HP for the forthcoming Rugby India poll.”

Divya said Bose obtained a HP domicile certificate on September 24. “Rahul Bose is from Mumbai and previously contested from Maharashtra. So, how did he suddenly become Himachali? His Aadhaar and passport show Mumbai,” she said.