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  • Amit Shah failed to offer protection to Delhi from communal violence: NCP leader Sharad Pawar

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    MUMBAI: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday mentioned Union House Minister Amit Shah failed to offer protection to Delhi, the rustic’s capital, from communal riots.

    Talking at a rally of the Nationalist Congress Birthday party at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, Pawar referred to the violence that broke out in Jahangirpuri space of Delhi right through Hanuman Jayanti processions previous this month.

    “Few days again, Delhi was once burning because of communal tensions. The state of Delhi is managed by way of (leader minister) Arvind Kejriwal, however its police comes beneath the Union House Ministry treated by way of Amit Shah. Shah failed to offer protection to town from communal riots. If anything else occurs in Delhi, the message is going out to the arena. The sector would believe that there’s unrest in Delhi,” he mentioned.

    He additionally centered the BJP govt in Karnataka over communal bother in Hooghly. “The names of retail outlets and their house owners from minority communities have been discussed on a hoarding. It was once additionally written on it that folks must now not purchase issues from such retail outlets. This can be a commonplace image within the states the place the BJP is in energy,” the previous Union minister mentioned.

    “Delhi is our nationwide capital and a few portions of it witnessed clashes, other people attacked each and every different and there was once arson. Amit Shah must have taken steps to stay Delhi unified and undivided, however he failed to take action. You might have energy, however you’ll now not even maintain a town like Delhi,” the NCP leader additional mentioned.

    Whilst declaring that the defeat within the 2014 basic elections was once “other people’s mandate” which was once permitted “humbly”, Pawar advised NCP employees that “we need to uproot the communal forces which can be recently in energy on this nation”.

    “We need to deal with the issues of the early life who’re in dire poverty and straightforwardness the load of the typical guy who’s reeling beneath double digit inflation,” mentioned the NCP leader.

    Right through the lately held byelection to Kolhapur North meeting constituency, the movie the Kashmir Information was once proven “to persuade electorate in favour of the BJP,” Pawar mentioned, including that fortunately, the folk of Kolhapur rejected this politics (because the Congress candidate received).

    When insurgency intensified in Jammu and Kashmir within the early Nineties (resulting in the compelled exile of Kashmiri Pandits), VP Singh was once Top Minister and his govt had the BJP’s fortify, however this truth was once hidden, Pawar mentioned.

    He additionally puzzled why global leaders coming to India are “taken to Gujarat on my own”. “I’m happy that a world chief is visiting Gujarat. However if it is then US president Donald Trump, Chinese language president Xi Jinping or the newest consult with of the United Kingdom Top Minister (Boris Johnson), all have been taken to Gujarat and to not some other states. It displays what the rulers in Delhi take into consideration different states,” Pawar mentioned.

    “We face a significant combat to stay this nation united,” he mentioned, including that when 2014 basic elections the distance between communities and other people widened.

    Speaking concerning the alleged misuse of central investigation businesses, Pawar mentioned only a few other people knew concerning the Enforcement Directorate previous, however “now ED is far and wide”. “First they charged former (Maharashtra) house minister Anil Deshmukh with taking Rs 100 crore bribe, however later modified their observation to Rs 4 crore.

    In a similar fashion, a 20-year-old case in opposition to (state minister) Nawab Malik was once dug out selectively and he was once framed up,” the NCP leader alleged. Each the NCP leaders are dealing with cash laundering probes. “If the Union govt thinks that the NCP or different opposition events will also be muzzled with the assistance of ED or CBI, then they’re residing in a idiot’s paradise,” the previous Union minister mentioned.

  • ED submits 5,000-page charge-sheet in opposition to Malik in belongings case connected to Dawood

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    MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday submitted a charge-sheet in a court docket right here in opposition to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in an alleged cash laundering case connected to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, just about two months after arresting him within the topic.

    Malik (62), a senior Nationalist Congress Birthday party (NCP) chief, used to be arrested by means of the ED on February 23 within the case, and is these days in prison below judicial custody. The over-5,000-page charge-sheet used to be submitted within the court docket’s registry, ED attorneys mentioned.

    The particular court docket for Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) circumstances will take cognizance of the charge-sheet after verification of the paperwork, they mentioned.

    The ED’s case is according to an FIR filed just lately by means of the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) in opposition to Ibrahim, a chosen world terrorist and key 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts accused, and his aides below the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

    Previous, all over remand hearings, the central monetary investigation company had informed the court docket Malik used to be the important thing conspirator and beneficiary of the “complete charade”.

    In lieu of having keep an eye on of unlawful career of this belongings, he funded a outstanding member of ‘D-Gang’ (Dawood gang) , the ED had mentioned. It has claimed that for usurping “this belongings, contributors of the D-Gang and Nawab Malik connived in combination and performed a number of criminal paperwork to position a facade of genuinity over this legal act”.

    Right through his custodial interrogation, (up to now arrested accused) Iqbal Kaskar (brother of Dawood Ibrahim) published sure information about his sister Haseena Parker and her involvement in usurping high-valued homes of blameless electorate in Mumbai by means of the usage of the clout of D-Gang, it had mentioned.

    In process the investigation, it used to be published one such sufferer of the D-Gang used to be one Munira Plumber, the company had mentioned.

    Plumber’s top belongings (having provide marketplace price of Rs 300 crore) used to be usurped by means of Malik thru Solidus Investments, an organization owned by means of the minister’s circle of relatives, with energetic connivance of contributors of the D-Gang, together with Haseena Parkar, the ED had informed the court docket.

    Plumber, in her remark to the ED, has mentioned she had now not offered this belongings to Malik, the company mentioned. Additionally it is obvious that Malik is responsible of the offence of cash laundering as outlined below provisions of the PMLA, the probe company has mentioned.

    Malik, who has denied all fees levelled in opposition to him, has moved the Splendid Court docket in opposition to an order of the Bombay Prime Court docket which had rejected his period in-between utility looking for instant free up from prison.

  • BJP, buddies looking to create ‘communal state of affairs’ in nation: NCP leader Sharad Pawar

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    MUMBAI: The BJP and its buddies are looking to create “communal state of affairs” within the nation, NCP leader Sharad Pawar alleged on Monday, feedback coming within the backdrop of violence in different states throughout Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti celebrations and the problem of loudspeakers atop mosques raging in Maharashtra.

    “Alternatively, the NCP, a constituent of the Shiv Sena-led MVA executive within the state, was once at the vanguard of constructing an environment of cohesion amongst other folks,” he mentioned. In a sequence of tweets, Pawar mentioned unfold of communal ideology is a “topic of outrage” and added the NCP can even flag problems with regards to not unusual voters equivalent to upward push in costs of petrol, diesel, gasoline and fit to be eaten oil.

    “The BJP and its buddies are looking to create communal state of affairs within the nation. We’re collaborating in works of constructing consciousness a few of the other folks and developing surroundings to make sure cohesion amongst them,” Pawar tweeted in Marathi.

    यासोबतच जे राष्ट्रीय प्रश्न आहेत, उदाहरणार्थ सांप्रदायिक विचारांची होणारी वाढ हा चिंताजनक विषय आहे. तसेच पेट्रोल, डिझेल, गॅस, खाद्यतेल यांच्या किमती वाढत आहेत त्या सामान्य माणसाला त्रासदायक आहेत. आज त्याही प्रश्नावर जनमत तयार करावे, ही आमची भावना आहे.

    — Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) April 18, 2022

    States like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Jharkhand noticed violence throughout Ram Navami, whilst clashes broke out throughout a Hanuman Jayanti procession within the Delhi’s Jahangirpuri house on Saturday by which 9 policemen and a civilian had been injured.

    In Maharashtra, MNS leader Raj Thackeray has requested the MVA executive to take away loudspeakers from mosques by means of Might 3, bringing up noise air pollution, and threatened to play Hanuman Chalisa out of doors mosques in a better quantity if his call for was once now not met.

    The BJP has supported Raj Thackeray’s call for. With out naming any person, the previous Union Agriculture minister additionally mentioned at the micro-blogging web page that many leaders have expressed a need to convey in combination events adversarial to the BJP.

    He mentioned West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee has knowledgeable him about it in writing. “She is anticipating (Maharashtra) Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray and me to take initiative on this regard. We can make the general determination after talking to different leaders. However no date has been mounted but (for one of these assembly),” he added.

    Pawar, who visited Bengaluru on Monday, mentioned the NCP is construction its organisation on the national-level and famous Karnataka, the place meeting polls are due in 2023, is among the states the place the birthday celebration’s base is vulnerable.

    Pawar added he or his birthday celebration colleagues will talk over with the BJP-ruled southern state in between over the following yr to enlarge its actions and base there.

  • Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole meets NCP leader Sharad Pawar; MVA assembly most probably

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    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday stated he met NCP president Sharad Pawar to talk about the misuse of Central companies and the ability disaster within the state.

    A gathering of MVA leaders on essential problems might be scheduled quickly, Patole instructed newshounds after the assembly, which came about at Pawar’s place of abode Silveroak in south Mumbai.

    The Congress chief stated that he mentioned quite a lot of problems together with the ability disaster within the state because of quick provide of coal and the motion in opposition to MVA leaders by means of the Central companies to defame Maharashtra.

    Whilst the call for for electrical energy within the state has larger, the Central govt used to be now not supplying ok coal to the state, he claimed, including that if the problem isn’t taken care of out, the state would possibly plunge into darkness because of planned obstruction by means of the Centre.

    He additional stated that the MVA leaders had been being centered by means of the Central companies out of political vendetta.

    “The Central govt is attempting to destabilise the Mahavikas Aghadi govt by means of exerting power, however this arbitrariness won’t closing for lengthy. Why do the BJP leaders who say that the motion in opposition to MVA leaders is honest and now not politically motivated, get started blaming the state govt when motion is taken in opposition to them by means of the state police?” Patole stated.

    Right through the day’s assembly, problems associated with the state had been taken up and in addition the stepmotherly remedy meted out to the state by means of the Centre, the Congress chief stated.

    Within the subsequent two-three days, Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray and leaders of the Mahavikas Aghadi will meet to talk about most of these problems, he stated.

  • Anil Deshmukh now not in excellent fitness, CBI must query him in Mumbai: NCP

    Maharashtra NCP leader spokesperson Mahesh Tapase contended celebration chief Anil Deshmukh's shoulder is dislocated and he isn’t in a excellent form health-wise.

  • Congress, NCP accuse Centre of ‘looting’ not unusual guy by means of mountaineering costs of gas

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    MUMBAI: The Congress and the NCP on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi executive of looting the deficient as the costs of petrol and diesel have been hiked once more.

    Petrol and diesel costs have been raised by means of 80 paise a litre each and every on Wednesday, taking the full build up in charges in 16 days to Rs 10 consistent with litre.

    “The Modi executive continues to loot the deficient thru gas worth hikes! Petrol-diesel costs have been greater by means of any other 80 paise lately with the costs going up by means of Rs 10 in two weeks,” Maharashtra Congress leader Nana Patole tweeted. Patole termed the BJP executive a “pickpocket”.

    NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto additionally took to Twitter to hit out on the BJP, terming the saffron birthday party “lootjeevi” (one that flourishes at the loot).

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    Taking a swipe on the BJP, Crasto shared a caricature, wherein he likened the birthday party to a cowboy preserving gas pump nozzles in each palms as though weapons and coaching them in opposition to a not unusual guy who has raised his palms out of worry.

    The cowboy depicted within the caricature has the BJP’s ballot image, the lotus, within the position of his face. “Sufficient of petrol-diesel worth upward thrust,” Crasto tweeted. NCP and Congress are constituents of the MVA executive led by means of Shiv Sena.

  • Nawab Malik strikes SC towards HC order rejecting his period in-between plea for free up

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    NEW DELHI: Maharashtra minister and NCP chief Nawab Malik has moved the Perfect Court docket towards an order of the Bombay Top Court docket which had rejected his period in-between utility in the hunt for quick free up in a case of cash laundering.

    In his plea which has been drafted by way of suggest Ankur Chawla, Malik has challenged the March 15 order of the department bench of the prime court docket which had rejected the appliance announcing simply since the particular PMLA court docket’s order remanding him in custody isn’t in his favour, it does no longer make that order unlawful or improper.

    The particular depart petition (SLP) has been filed by way of suggest V D Khanna.

    After the Enforcement Directorate had arrested Malik beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA), he had filed a habeas corpus plea within the prime court docket claiming that his arrest by way of the ED and the ensuing remands had been unlawful.

    The prime court docket had mentioned that Malik’s suggest had argued sooner than the PMLA court docket and vehemently hostile the ED’s request for the minister’s custody.

    “There may be advantage within the submissions of the Further Solicitor Normal (ASG) that simply since the particular court docket granted the custody of petitioner (Malik) would no longer make that order unlawful ipso facto since the petitioner is aggrieved,” the prime court docket had mentioned.

    The prime court docket had mentioned that Malik was once arrested by way of the ED in keeping with the regulation, and therefore been remanded to the probe company’s custody after which to judicial custody following due procedure.

    It had famous that Malik had long gone to the ED’s administrative center for wondering on February, 23, the day he was once arrested, in accordance with earlier summons issued to him by way of the central company.

    He was once then issued an arrest order and brought into custody by way of the ED, the prime court docket had mentioned.

    “Within the provide case, there is not any dispute at the factual side that custody order is handed by way of the competent court docket of jurisdiction- the particular court docket,” the prime court docket had mentioned.

    “And secondly, simply since the order is towards the petitioner, it can’t be termed as patently unlawful,” the court docket had mentioned.

    Malik was once arrested by way of the ED over a belongings deal allegedly related to the aides of gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

    Quickly after his arrest, the minister had filed a habeas corpus plea within the prime court docket, difficult his arrest and the remand orders.

    As an period in-between prayer, he had sought that he be launched from custody right away.

    The prime court docket had mentioned that Malik’s petition had raised some controversial problems and the court docket had to pay attention at period the arguments from each side sooner than passing any ultimate orders.

    The central company has accused Malik of being a part of an alleged legal conspiracy to usurp a belongings in Mumbai’s Kurla space which recently has a marketplace price of Rs 300 crore and belongs rightfully to 1 Munira Plumber.

    Malik had contended sooner than the prime court docket that he had purchased the valuables in a bonafide transaction 3 a long time in the past, and Plumber has now modified her thoughts concerning the transaction.

  • NCP leader Sharad Pawar slams BJP for looking to ‘unfold bitterness’ in society

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    PUNE: In a veiled assault at the BJP, NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Saturday alleged that makes an attempt had been being made to unfold bitterness within the society, and subsequently taking the rustic ahead and keeping up team spirit has turn out to be a problem.

    Politics used to glue folks prior to now, however now efforts had been being made within the nation to divide them at the foundation of faith, he mentioned, including that the the rustic’s management was once looking to defame nationwide icons like Mahatma Gandhi.

    Pawar was once addressing a meeting at Sangli, round 230 kms from right here, the place he welcomed native chief Shivajirao Naik again into the NCP fold, after the latter hand over the BJP.

    “Shivajirao was once a success because the Zilla Parishad president…I welcome him again to NCP. Let’s paintings in combination to make use of his experience for the betterment of Maharashtra,” he mentioned.

    “Satara, or for that topic, Maharashtra had management who labored for the advance or to carry folks in combination. However nowadays, efforts are being made within the nation to divide folks on foundation of faith,” Pawar mentioned.

    Mahatma Gandhi, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad fought for the rustic’s freedom and labored to construct it.

    However at the moment, the rustic’s management is making an attempt to defame those folks, the previous Union minister alleged.

    The rustic is lately being led through a birthday celebration, which has a special concept procedure.

    Politics prior to now attached folks, however now makes an attempt are being made on the nation to divide folks on non secular traces, he mentioned.

    “Just lately, in BJP-ruled Karnataka, a ‘fatwa’ was once issued through some organisations, the place folks had been requested now not to shop for anything else from the department stores run through individuals from a minority neighborhood. This kind of bitterness is being unfold through the ones parts who’re in energy in states. How will this nation cross forward and the way do we handle team spirit is a query,” Pawar mentioned.

    “As of late, we wish to battle by contrast bigotry. We need to do politics of construction, of higher long run for employees and farmers. I’m assured that (Maharashtra Leader Minister) Uddhav Thackeray, (Deputy CM) Ajit Pawar, (NCP minister) Jayant Patil and others will exchange this image in combination,” he mentioned.

    In the meantime, he additionally mentioned that at the side of the manufacturing of sugar, folks will have to center of attention on generating ethanol.

    “We can not simply opt for sugar manufacturing. We will have to go for ethanol manufacturing. This can be a excellent resolution to have a distillery in some sugar factories…Manufacturing of ethanol will assist us to save cash and farmers and distillers will be capable of earn via it. PM additionally announce the motivation insurance policies to strengthen ethanol manufacturing.”

  • Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray denies being miffed with NCP’s dealing with of house ministry

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    MUMBAI: Amid the crackdown through central probe companies towards Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders, the Shiv Sena is claimed to be miffed with best friend NCP’s dealing with of the house ministry, particularly the cushy remedy of BJP leaders.

    Maharashtra Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray, on the other hand, denied that he was once dissatisfied with House Minister Dilip Walse-Patil, who belongs to the NCP.

    The CM’s Workplace launched a commentary quoting Thackeray as pronouncing that he had complete consider and religion in his cupboard colleagues and that Walse-Patil was once doing a excellent activity. The explanation got here after the minister met the CM at his bungalow on Friday midday.

    Thackeray later met the house minister once more in conjunction with Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut in an try to deal with the rising unrest amongst his get together leaders, who really feel that the house division will have to were stored with the Sena.

    The Shiv Sena leader was once mentioned to be unsatisfied with Walse-Pail’s answer within the Meeting to former leader minister Devendra Fadnavis’ allegation that the MVA govt was once conspiring to border up BJP leaders in false circumstances.

    The NCP minister had introduced a probe through the CID into the topic. Raut, too, had made his displeasure with the house division public pronouncing the motion taken through Central companies just like the ED towards Maharashtra leaders was once an assault at the state house division.

    After the assembly, on the other hand, he mentioned,  normally the CM holds the house portfolio butMVA was once a three-party govt and there have been barriers. Therefore, the Sena may now not stay all vital portfolios with it.

    Previous, Shiv Sena chief Chandrakant Khaire had additionally demanded that the house division will have to be with the get together. “All the way through the new Maharashtra meeting consultation, Chief of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis introduced a pen power and ‘uncovered’ the federal government, however house minister Dilip Walse-Patil gave a meek reaction. There are lots of circumstances registered towards BJP leaders, however the house division has evolved chilly toes,” mentioned a senior Shiv Sena chief.

  • Pawar card in play to move UPA

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    MUMBAI:  Amid Congress humiliation within the fresh elections and nagging questions on its skill to steer the United Innovative Alliance (UPA) any more, the NCP is aggressively pushing the candidature of its patriarch Sharad Pawar as the top of the entrance. The method collected steam with Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut on Wednesday pronouncing Pawar has the power to carry all non-BJP events in combination forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. 

    At the present, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the UPA chairperson. The pinnacle of the grouping would routinely be its top ministerial candidate, despite the fact that Sonia gave it up in favour of Manmohan Singh. 
    The NCP’s early life wing had in a contemporary assembly in Delhi followed a answer to make Sharad Pawar the chairperson of the UPA. The answer considerably was once handed within the presence of Pawar.

    NCP early life wing president Dhiraj Sharma mentioned, “It’s the proper time to make Pawar the UPA head. The Congress is susceptible…. There are lots of anti-BJP events that don’t wish to paintings beneath Congress management.”