Still facing punishment despite court's 'clean chit' in scam case, says Munde

NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde on Thursday said despite getting a clean chit from court in an alleged scam case he was facing the punishmentMunde who belonged to the Ajit Pawarled NCP resigned in March this year days after his close aide Walmik Karad was named as the mastermind in Massajog village sarpanch Santosh Deshmukhs murder in December last yearIn August this year activist Anjali Damania alleged that Munde caused a file containing a report on complaints of corruption in the Maharashtra agriculture department to disappear during his tenure as a minister Munde was agriculture minister in the previous Eknath Shindeled Maharashtra government He held a different portfolio in the current government but resignedAddressing a Dussehra rally at Sawargaon Ghat of Beed district along with cousin and BJP minister Pankaja Munde he said Earlier when I was going through a media trial I was supported by my sister and Mahayuti Some moved the court alleging my involvement in a scam The court gave me a clean chit and fined the petitioner But I am still facing the punishmentReferring to the recent heavy rains and floods he said till a few days ago the situation was not conducive to organise this rallyBut Pankaja decided to organise this rally as it is an annual practice Today I am just an MLA but my sister is in the cabinet She will get the maximum aid for the affected farmers he saidHe said it was commendable that Pankaja was carrying forward the legacy of the Dussehra rallyOn the issue of quota he said taking the reservation of someone and giving it to someone else was not acceptableWhenever a question of reservation for any community arises I have fought for them and people know it We are happy that the Maratha community got reservation Some of them want quota under the OBC categoryThe cut off of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission MPSC result this year was 485 and for THE Economically Weaker Sections EWS category it was 450 If I was eligible to avail the EWS benefit I would have passed with less marks But those availing reservation under the OBC category fail even after scoring more marks he saidYou should increase a communitys quota but taking it from someone and giving it to someone else will not be accepted Munde added referring to Maratha activist Manoj Jaranges demand to give quota to Marathas under the OBC category and the governments GR to that effectThis 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