Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) NCP tribal leader and Maharashtra Minister for Food and Drug Administration, Narhari Zirwal, is in a fix after an allegedly obscene video of him with a transgender person has gone viral on social media. It is not Zirwal alone but the Sunetra Pawar-led NCP faces an acid test to weather the crisis as the party has been mired in a string of controversies.The viral video allegedly featuring Zirwal has sparked a barrage of criticism from the Opposition who claimed that the ind…
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Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) The resignation of Maharashtra NCP women’s wing chief Rupali Chakankar as the chairperson of the State Women’s Commission due to her alleged proximity to the self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat is the latest in the long list of party leaders who faced allegations, and resigned or were sidelined since its formation in June 1999. The list includes Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dr Padamsinh Patil, Suresh Jain, Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh, Dhananjay Munde, Manikrao Kokate, …
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the conviction of senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate in the 1995 Nashik housing fraud case. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Maharashtra government on Kokate’s plea challenging the refusal of the Bombay High Court to stay his conviction. Though it protected his membership in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembl…