Pawar has already stated that Munde volition not beryllium asked to resign unless determination is grounds linking him to Karad’s actions successful the ongoing probe into Deshmukh’s murder.
A time aft Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde offered to resign if directed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis oregon Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar, Fadnavis connected Thursday said that immoderate authoritative determination regarding Munde’s resignation would beryllium taken by Pawar, adjacent arsenic the lawman CM warned of invoking Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) against extortionists.
Speaking to reporters successful Delhi, Fadnavis said, “Dhananjay Munde is simply a curate successful my cabinet. We some tin conscionable anytime. As acold arsenic the request for his resignation is concerned, Ajit Pawar has already clarified the stand. The presumption taken by Ajit Pawar volition beryllium authoritative one.”
On Tuesday, Munde near a Cabinet gathering mid-way, declining to remark connected the increasing request for his resignation pursuing the execution of Santosh Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog colony successful Beed. Munde’s adjacent associate, Walmik Karad, has been arrested successful transportation with the lawsuit and is booked nether the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA).
Pawar has already stated that Munde volition not beryllium asked to resign unless determination is grounds linking him to Karad’s actions successful the ongoing probe into Deshmukh’s murder.
On Thursday, during his sojourn to Beed, Pawar issued a beardown informing to enactment workers, emphasising that anyone progressive successful extortion during improvement projects would look enactment nether MCOCA. He besides addressed the increasing inclination of individuals firing guns for amusement oregon posting videos of themselves with revolvers, informing that immoderate specified behaviour would pb to the cancellation of revolver licences.
“Beed is perpetually successful the quality (due to the sidesplitting of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh). No 1 should judge successful rumors. Action volition beryllium taken wherever determination is immoderate truth. At the aforesaid time, nary 1 should effort to extort wealth from anyone portion doing improvement work. If specified things travel to my notice, I volition not hesitate to enforce MCOCA. For this, I volition instrumentality an utmost stance. I volition besides look astatine the authorities officers here, immoderate of them person been present for galore years. While doing this, I volition not marque immoderate discrimination,” said Pawar.
Condemning the reckless usage of firearms for societal media stunts, the lawman CM said, “We spot that sometimes it is shown connected TV that idiosyncratic shoots successful the aerial with a revolver, idiosyncratic walks astir with a revolver connected their waist. I americium going to archer constabulary that whoever does specified things should person their revolver licence cancelled. Revolvers are for your protection. Therefore, I volition not tolerate reels that you make.”
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