Suspend MLA Jitendra Awhad: Maharashtra BJP chief tells NCP

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP on Monday demanded that NCP suspend party MLA and former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad against whom a case of molestation was registered by police on the complaint of a woman in Thane districtState BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule also said that cases against Awhad including the disruption of the screening of a Marathi movie in Thane were based on CCTV footage and videosSee the video of the incident Leave aside the MLA wanting to resign if there is any morality left in the NCP they should suspend Awhad from the party A few days ago some remarks were passed against Supriya Sule allegedly by a minister in the Eknath Shinde cabinet Nobody supported those remarks but in this case see the video Bawankule told reportersEarlier in the day Awhad had said he would resign as MLA in view of fake cases registered against him and denied the charge levelled by the complainant womanAlso read Court likely to pass order on Nawab Maliks bail plea on November 24The Mumbra police registered a case after midnight on Monday against Awhad under Indian Penal Code section 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modestyNow Awhads colleague and NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil is not state home minister It is deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis who is very sensitive to such issues the state BJP president saidTaking a dig at former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray he said that soon just four people will be left in Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb ThackerayHe said it was sad how the Shiv Sena UBT treated veteran Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar who worked hard to spread the partys wings in the Vidarbha region and who joined the Shinde faction recentlyNow only one thing is left and that is the photocopy of the Congress constitution should be attached to the proceeding documentation of the Shiv Sena UBTs registration process Bawankule saidHe alleged Thackerays conscience got corrupted after coming under the influence of NCP chief Sharad PawarThe states development got adversely affected under the Maha Vikas Aghadi of the Shiv Sena Congress and NCP as Thackeray was only concerned about his and his sons Aaditya Thackeray chairs he allegedSlamming the Rahul Gandhiled Bharat Jodo Yatra he said the energy that is generally seen among workers for such an event being helmed by a national leader is missingBarring 400 to 800 party workers who have been given the responsibility to stay with the yatra since the start from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 there are no other party workers Local Congress leaders can be seen hijacking the yatra and launching their children the BJP leader claimedQueried on the oppositions speculation of midterm polls in the state soon Bawankule said We have a majority of 164 MLAs in the Assembly and if someone challenges us to prove the majority we will have 184 MLAs backing usHe added the NCP cannot live without power alleging the partys main policy was money out of power and power out of moneySpeaking about the BJPs mass outreach programme Bawankule said there are 350 communities in the state and he had so far met 68 of themThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever