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 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…
Buldhana, March 24 (IANS) The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Harshwardhan Sapkal, on Tuesday said that the kind of disturbing discourse triggered by the fraud self-styled godman Ashok Kharat case is not good for Maharashtra. He demanded additional support for the Special Investigation Team (SIT), the formation of a task force, and strict action against the accused to bring the case to a conclusion.“Around Diwali, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had received information about th…
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, …
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) The Congress and the AIMIM urged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government to conduct an “inquiry” and initiate “strict action against fake godmen” following the controversy over self‑proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat’s arrest. The Opposition’s reactions stem from Nationalist Congress Party leader Rupali Chakankar’s resignation on Friday from her post as the Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women, following directives from Chief…
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 21 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar on Saturday forwarded the resignation submitted to her by the state party’s women wing chief Rupali Chakankar as Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for further action. Chakankar had resigned following the CM’s directive on Friday amid escalating controversy regarding her alleged links with a self-styled godman, Ashok Kharat. She had handed over …
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. …
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) NCP leader Rupali Chakankar, embroiled in the Captain Ashok Kharat controversy, resigned on Friday from her post as Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women. Following directives from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, she met Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar at her official residence ‘Devgiri’ and shortly after submitted her resignation.Earlier, Fadnavis had summoned her to his residence, Varsha, and instructed her to step down immediately.The dire…
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday asked State Women’s Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar to resign, sources within the CMO said. The directive came two days after the arrest of self‑proclaimed godman Captain Ashok Kharat from Nashik on allegations of sexual harassment and rape.Chakankar is a trustee of Shri Shivnika Sansthan in Sinnar, Nashik district, where Kharat is president. The CM’s directive followed the surfacing of a video showing h…