Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) NCP leader Rupali Chakankar, who was embroiled in the self-styled godman Captain Ashok Kharat controversy, on Friday finally resigned from her post as the President of the Maharashtra NCP women’s wing. She has forwarded her resignation to the NCP national president and state Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar.Chakankar, amid demand from the opposition, had resigned on March 20 as the chairperson of the Maharashtra State Women’s Commission but did not step down as the…
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Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) Opposition Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday said that the resignation of NCP leader Rupali Chakankar as the chairperson of Maharashtra State Women’s Commission was not enough amid an escalating controversy regarding her alleged links with a self-styled rape-accused ‘godman’ Ashok Kharat.They have demanded that the investigation must go deeper to uncover the involvement of high-ranking ministers and influential “big fish.”Shiv Sena (UBT) in particular demanded th…
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Amid the raging controversy involving self-styled spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, Maharashtra NCP women wing chief Rupali Chakankar said on Friday that she is being specially targeted because she is a woman. Speaking to reporters after submitting her resignation as the Chairperson of Maharashtra State Women’s Commission to Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, Chakankar said, “My entire family follows the Warkari tradition, which is why we were connected to Kharat’s trust. …