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  • Arrested in Feb 2022, NCP chief Malik walks out of hospital on securing interim bail from SC

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra minister and NCP chief Nawab Malik was on Monday discharged from a personal hospital right here, three days after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail for 2 months on medical grounds in a cash laundering case.

    One-and-a-half years after his arrest, Malik was discharged from the hospital in suburban Kurla, the place he was present process therapy whereas being in judicial custody, at round 8 pm, his legal professionals stated.

    Earlier within the day, a particular courtroom set his bail circumstances, one among which barred him from speaking to the media.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested the previous state minister in February 2022 beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case allegedly linked to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his associates.

    The 64-year-old politician has been present process therapy on the non-public hospital since May 2022 for a kidney-related ailment.

    The particular courtroom granted his launch on a money bond of Rs 50,000.

    The different circumstances imposed by the particular courtroom are that he shall in a roundabout way or not directly make any inducement, menace, or guarantees to any individuals/witnesses acquainted with the info of the case.

    It additionally directed the accused handy over his unique passport to the ED, which is probing the case.

    Malik shall not take pleasure in any legal actions and supply all his particulars in respect of medical examination to the central company, stated the particular courtroom.

    The Supreme Court had on Friday granted Malik interim bail for 2 months on medical grounds.

    A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi famous that the senior politician is in hospital for therapy of a kidney-related illness and different illnesses.

    “We are passing the order strictly on medical conditions and have not entered into the merits of the case,” the bench had stated whereas granting the interim bail.

    Malik had sought reduction from the Bombay High Court, claiming he was affected by a power kidney illness aside from varied different illnesses.

    He additionally sought bail on benefit.

    The HC, nevertheless, had rejected the NCP chief’s plea for reduction on medical grounds and is predicted to listen to his bail software on benefit.

    The ED’s case in opposition to Malik relies on an FIR filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in opposition to Ibrahim, a chosen international terrorist and a key accused within the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, and his associates beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

    Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule, a key chief of the NCP faction led by celebration founder Sharad Pawar, hailed the interim bail granted to Malik because the “victory of truth”.

    “I came here to receive my brother. Satyamev Jayate!” Sule stated exterior the hospital, the place Malik was admitted.

    “I have always stressed that the arrest of Nawab Malik or former home minister Anil Deshmukh or Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut (both were arrested earlier and are now out on bail) was unfortunate. Finally, we got justice through the court,” the Lok Sabha MP from Baramati informed reporters.

    Asked about Malik’s daughter and brother assembly Deputy Chief Minister and insurgent NCP chief Ajit Pawar just a few days again, Sule stated her go to to the hospital didn’t have any political angle.

    Queried on Narendra Rane, an Ajit Pawar loyalist, asking a number of of his supporters to welcome Malik exterior the hospital, Sule stated she was not conscious of it.

    “When Anil Deshmukh was released (from jail in late 2022), I had come to receive him. Similarly, I have come here to receive Nawab bhai. Unfortunately, he had faced injustice and he tolerated it for a long time. The truth has finally come out via court. It is a big relief for all of us. It was a very difficult period for all of us,” she stated.

    Sule stated she had intently seen the struggling of relations of Malik and Deshmukh.

    “The Supreme Court has finally given bail to Malik for two months. I hope it will get extended further. I am thankful to the court for giving him justice,” she stated.

    MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra minister and NCP chief Nawab Malik was on Monday discharged from a personal hospital right here, three days after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail for 2 months on medical grounds in a cash laundering case.

    One-and-a-half years after his arrest, Malik was discharged from the hospital in suburban Kurla, the place he was present process therapy whereas being in judicial custody, at round 8 pm, his legal professionals stated.

    Earlier within the day, a particular courtroom set his bail circumstances, one among which barred him from speaking to the media.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested the previous state minister in February 2022 beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case allegedly linked to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his associates.

    The 64-year-old politician has been present process therapy on the non-public hospital since May 2022 for a kidney-related ailment.

    The particular courtroom granted his launch on a money bond of Rs 50,000.

    The different circumstances imposed by the particular courtroom are that he shall in a roundabout way or not directly make any inducement, menace, or guarantees to any individuals/witnesses acquainted with the info of the case.

    It additionally directed the accused handy over his unique passport to the ED, which is probing the case.

    Malik shall not take pleasure in any legal actions and supply all his particulars in respect of medical examination to the central company, stated the particular courtroom.

    The Supreme Court had on Friday granted Malik interim bail for 2 months on medical grounds.

    A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi famous that the senior politician is in hospital for therapy of a kidney-related illness and different illnesses.

    “We are passing the order strictly on medical conditions and have not entered into the merits of the case,” the bench had stated whereas granting the interim bail.

    Malik had sought reduction from the Bombay High Court, claiming he was affected by a power kidney illness aside from varied different illnesses.

    He additionally sought bail on benefit.

    The HC, nevertheless, had rejected the NCP chief’s plea for reduction on medical grounds and is predicted to listen to his bail software on benefit.

    The ED’s case in opposition to Malik relies on an FIR filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in opposition to Ibrahim, a chosen international terrorist and a key accused within the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, and his associates beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

    Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule, a key chief of the NCP faction led by celebration founder Sharad Pawar, hailed the interim bail granted to Malik because the “victory of truth”.

    “I came here to receive my brother. Satyamev Jayate!” Sule stated exterior the hospital, the place Malik was admitted.

    “I have always stressed that the arrest of Nawab Malik or former home minister Anil Deshmukh or Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut (both were arrested earlier and are now out on bail) was unfortunate. Finally, we got justice through the court,” the Lok Sabha MP from Baramati informed reporters.

    Asked about Malik’s daughter and brother assembly Deputy Chief Minister and insurgent NCP chief Ajit Pawar just a few days again, Sule stated her go to to the hospital didn’t have any political angle.

    Queried on Narendra Rane, an Ajit Pawar loyalist, asking a number of of his supporters to welcome Malik exterior the hospital, Sule stated she was not conscious of it.

    “When Anil Deshmukh was released (from jail in late 2022), I had come to receive him. Similarly, I have come here to receive Nawab bhai. Unfortunately, he had faced injustice and he tolerated it for a long time. The truth has finally come out via court. It is a big relief for all of us. It was a very difficult period for all of us,” she stated.

    Sule stated she had intently seen the struggling of relations of Malik and Deshmukh.

    “The Supreme Court has finally given bail to Malik for two months. I hope it will get extended further. I am thankful to the court for giving him justice,” she stated.

  • FIR towards Nawab Malik’s son, daughter-in-law for allegedly utilizing faux paperwork in visa software

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Mumbai Police have registered an FIR towards former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik’s son and the latter’s second spouse for allegedly submitting faux paperwork along with her visa software, an official mentioned on Wednesday.

    The Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in the course of the scrutiny discovered the paperwork submitted by Faraz Malik and his spouse Hamleen had been faux.

    The FRRO subsequently knowledgeable about it to Kurla police right here, he mentioned.

    On the premise of major data, the police registered the FIR late Tuesday night time towards Faraz Malik and his spouse underneath varied Indian Penal Code Sections together with 420 (dishonest), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for function of dishonest), 471 (utilizing as real a solid doc) and 34 (widespread intention) and provisions of the Foreigners Act, the official mentioned.

    No arrest has been made thus far, he mentioned, including a probe is on into the case.

    A former Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing functionary in a tweet on Wednesday mentioned the police have registered the FIR towards Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Nawab Malik’s son Faraz Malik for “fake documents” made for the visa software of the latter’s second spouse who’s a French resident.

    “Those who accuse others of cheating, how fake they themselves are,” the functionary tweeted focusing on Nawab Malik.

    The Enforcement Directorate had arrested Nawab Malik in February final yr in an alleged cash laundering case linked to a land deal during which fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides had been concerned.

    The former minister is in judicial custody.

    Nawab Malik, who was additionally the chief spokesperson of his celebration, was in information previous to his arrest as he had made a number of allegations towards Sameer Wankhede, the then zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, after actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB in an alleged drug bust.

    MUMBAI: Mumbai Police have registered an FIR towards former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik’s son and the latter’s second spouse for allegedly submitting faux paperwork along with her visa software, an official mentioned on Wednesday.

    The Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in the course of the scrutiny discovered the paperwork submitted by Faraz Malik and his spouse Hamleen had been faux.

    The FRRO subsequently knowledgeable about it to Kurla police right here, he mentioned.

    On the premise of major data, the police registered the FIR late Tuesday night time towards Faraz Malik and his spouse underneath varied Indian Penal Code Sections together with 420 (dishonest), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for function of dishonest), 471 (utilizing as real a solid doc) and 34 (widespread intention) and provisions of the Foreigners Act, the official mentioned.

    No arrest has been made thus far, he mentioned, including a probe is on into the case.

    A former Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing functionary in a tweet on Wednesday mentioned the police have registered the FIR towards Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Nawab Malik’s son Faraz Malik for “fake documents” made for the visa software of the latter’s second spouse who’s a French resident.

    “Those who accuse others of cheating, how fake they themselves are,” the functionary tweeted focusing on Nawab Malik.

    The Enforcement Directorate had arrested Nawab Malik in February final yr in an alleged cash laundering case linked to a land deal during which fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides had been concerned.

    The former minister is in judicial custody.

    Nawab Malik, who was additionally the chief spokesperson of his celebration, was in information previous to his arrest as he had made a number of allegations towards Sameer Wankhede, the then zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, after actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB in an alleged drug bust.

  • Money laundering case: Court prone to pronounce order on ex-Maha minister Nawab Malik’s bail plea

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: A particular courtroom right here is prone to pronounce its order on Thursday on the bail plea of former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a cash laundering case linked to the actions of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.

    Special decide R N Rokade on November 14 reserved his order on Malik’s bail plea after listening to prolonged arguments put forth by each side.

    The Enforcement Directorate arrested the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief in February this yr.

    He is in judicial custody and at present present process therapy at a non-public hospital right here. Malik moved a daily bail plea earlier than the particular courtroom in July.

    The NCP chief sought bail pleading there is no such thing as a predicate offence in opposition to him to prosecute him for cash laundering.

    The probe company, nonetheless, opposed the bail stating the case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in opposition to Dawood Ibrahim and his henchmen is taken into account a predicate offence.

    The ED has claimed the accused was coping with Ibrahim and his sister Hasina Parkar and “there is no question of him being innocent”.

    The ED’s case in opposition to Malik is predicated on an FIR filed by the NIA in opposition to Dawood Ibrahim, a chosen world terrorist and key accused within the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, and his aides beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

    MUMBAI: A particular courtroom right here is prone to pronounce its order on Thursday on the bail plea of former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a cash laundering case linked to the actions of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.

    Special decide R N Rokade on November 14 reserved his order on Malik’s bail plea after listening to prolonged arguments put forth by each side.

    The Enforcement Directorate arrested the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief in February this yr.

    He is in judicial custody and at present present process therapy at a non-public hospital right here. Malik moved a daily bail plea earlier than the particular courtroom in July.

    The NCP chief sought bail pleading there is no such thing as a predicate offence in opposition to him to prosecute him for cash laundering.

    The probe company, nonetheless, opposed the bail stating the case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in opposition to Dawood Ibrahim and his henchmen is taken into account a predicate offence.

    The ED has claimed the accused was coping with Ibrahim and his sister Hasina Parkar and “there is no question of him being innocent”.

    The ED’s case in opposition to Malik is predicated on an FIR filed by the NIA in opposition to Dawood Ibrahim, a chosen world terrorist and key accused within the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, and his aides beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

  • Court extends judicial custody of NCP chief Nawab Malik in ED case 

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: A particular courtroom right here on Wednesday prolonged the judicial custody of Nationalist Congress Party chief Nawab Malik until November 2 in an alleged cash laundering case.

    Malik, a former Maharashtra minister, was arrested on February 23 underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the Enforcement Directorate in a probe linked to the actions of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.

    The ED has additionally filed an utility earlier than the particular PMLA courtroom in search of {that a} medical board ought to verify Malik’s well being standing.

    The courtroom mentioned it will hear the plea on November 2.

    In May, the courtroom had allowed Malik to be admitted to a personal hospital for medical remedy whereas denying him bail on well being grounds.

    MUMBAI: A particular courtroom right here on Wednesday prolonged the judicial custody of Nationalist Congress Party chief Nawab Malik until November 2 in an alleged cash laundering case.

    Malik, a former Maharashtra minister, was arrested on February 23 underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the Enforcement Directorate in a probe linked to the actions of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.

    The ED has additionally filed an utility earlier than the particular PMLA courtroom in search of {that a} medical board ought to verify Malik’s well being standing.

    The courtroom mentioned it will hear the plea on November 2.

    In May, the courtroom had allowed Malik to be admitted to a personal hospital for medical remedy whereas denying him bail on well being grounds.

  • Will NCB now act in opposition to Sameer Wankhede, asks jailed Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Friday requested if the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will take motion in opposition to IRS official Sameer Wankhede and “his private army” now that it has given a clear chit to Aryan Khan in an alleged drug seizure case.

    While Malik is in jail in an alleged cash laundering case, his remark was revealed by the Twitter account ‘Office of Nawab Malik’.

    “Now that Aryan Khan and 5 others get a clean chit. Will NCB take action against Sameer Wankhede his team and the private army? Or will it shield the culprits? ” mentioned the tweet, accompanied by hashtags `Farziwada uncovered’ and ‘Truth prevails’.

    Malik, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, was the primary to query the raid performed by Wankhede, then zonal director of the NCB in Mumbai, on a cruise ship final October throughout which Aryan and others have been arrested.

    The minister had launched a veritable marketing campaign in opposition to Wankhede, accusing him of implicating Aryan in a false case to extort cash from his father, Bollywood famous person Shah Rukh Khan.

    Malik additionally questioned the genuineness of the scheduled caste certificates of Wankhede, an Indian Revenue Service official.

  • SC rejects bail plea of Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in cash laundering case

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the petition filed by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik difficult his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2005.

    Senior advocate Kapil Sibal showing for Malik stated that the Arnab Goswami case order is in his favour. He questioned the applicability of PMLA within the case. 

    “There is no predicate offence here,” he stated.

    “We are not inclined to exercise jurisdiction under Article 136 when the investigation is at the nascent stage…You can apply for bail before an appropriate court”, the highest court docket stated.

    The probe company had arrested the state minister on February 23 in a probe linked to a cash laundering case over an alleged land deal regarding an aide of worldwide terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. He has been underneath custody ever since his arrest. 

    The particular depart petition was filed difficult a Bombay High court docket that had refused to grant him interim launch.

    “What we prima facie feel is that projection/claiming a property as untainted property is the objectionable act forming part of an offence under Section 3 of the Act of 2002… We have not gone into the papers of investigation…Considering all the above-referred grounds; we are not inclined to allow the prayers in the said applications. Resultantly, Interim Applications are rejected,” the Bombay excessive court docket had stated in an order dated March 15, 2022, whereas rejecting the pleas.

    The excessive court docket had stated that the case failed the dual check for launch from custody.

    “…In the present case, there is no dispute on the factual aspect that custody order is passed by the competent Court of jurisdiction i.e., the Special Court and secondly, merely because the order is against the Petitioner it cannot be termed as patently illegal or suffers from non-application of mind. In our opinion, this twin test is duly applied in the present matter…,” the excessive court docket added in its order.
     

  • ED submits 5,000-page charge-sheet towards Malik in property case linked to Dawood

    By PTI

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

    Malik (62), a senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, was arrested by the ED on February 23 within the case, and is at the moment in jail beneath judicial custody. The over-5,000-page charge-sheet was submitted within the court docket’s registry, ED legal professionals mentioned.

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

    The ED’s case is predicated on an FIR filed just lately by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) towards Ibrahim, a chosen international terrorist and key 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts accused, and his aides beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

    Earlier, throughout remand hearings, the central monetary investigation company had informed the court docket Malik was the important thing conspirator and beneficiary of the “entire charade”.

    In lieu of getting management of unlawful occupation of this property, he funded a distinguished member of ‘D-Gang’ (Dawood gang) , the ED had mentioned. It has claimed that for usurping “this property, members of the D-Gang and Nawab Malik connived together and executed several legal documents to put a facade of genuinity over this criminal act”.

    During his custodial interrogation, (beforehand arrested accused) Iqbal Kaskar (brother of Dawood Ibrahim) revealed sure information about his sister Haseena Parker and her involvement in usurping high-valued properties of harmless residents in Mumbai through the use of the clout of D-Gang, it had mentioned.

    In course of the investigation, it was revealed one such sufferer of the D-Gang was one Munira Plumber, the company had mentioned.

    Plumber’s prime property (having current market worth of Rs 300 crore) was usurped by Malik by means of Solidus Investments, an organization owned by the minister’s household, with lively connivance of members of the D-Gang, together with Haseena Parkar, the ED had informed the court docket.

    Plumber, in her assertion to the ED, has mentioned she had not bought this property to Malik, the company mentioned. It can be obvious that Malik is responsible of the offence of cash laundering as outlined beneath provisions of the PMLA, the probe company has mentioned.

    Malik, who has denied all prices levelled towards him, has moved the Supreme Court towards an order of the Bombay High Court which had rejected his interim software looking for quick launch from jail.

  • SC agrees to record for listening to Nawab Malik’s plea looking for launch from jail 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to think about itemizing for listening to Maharashtra minister and NCP chief Nawab Malik’s plea looking for speedy launch from jail in a cash laundering case.

    A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana requested senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, showing for the jailed chief who sought pressing itemizing of his plea, to supply paperwork.

    “Please give the papers,” mentioned the bench, which additionally comprised Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli.

    The Prevention of Money Laundering Act got here into being in 2005 and the minister has been accused underneath the statute for the alleged offences dedicated previous to 2000, Sibal mentioned.

    Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate over a property deal allegedly linked to the aides of gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

    Soon after his arrest, the minister had filed a habeas corpus plea within the excessive courtroom, difficult his arrest and the remand orders.

  • Nawab Malik strikes SC towards HC order rejecting his interim plea for launch

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Maharashtra minister and NCP chief Nawab Malik has moved the Supreme Court towards an order of the Bombay High Court which had rejected his interim software in search of rapid launch in a case of cash laundering.

    In his plea which has been drafted by advocate Ankur Chawla, Malik has challenged the March 15 order of the division bench of the excessive court docket which had rejected the applying saying simply because the particular PMLA court docket’s order remanding him in custody is just not in his favour, it doesn’t make that order unlawful or improper.

    The particular depart petition (SLP) has been filed by advocate V D Khanna.

    After the Enforcement Directorate had arrested Malik underneath the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), he had filed a habeas corpus plea within the excessive court docket claiming that his arrest by the ED and the resultant remands have been unlawful.

    The excessive court docket had mentioned that Malik’s counsel had argued earlier than the PMLA court docket and vehemently opposed the ED’s request for the minister’s custody.

    “There is also merit in the submissions of the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) that merely because the special court granted the custody of petitioner (Malik) would not make that order illegal ipso facto because the petitioner is aggrieved,” the excessive court docket had mentioned.

    The excessive court docket had mentioned that Malik was arrested by the ED in accordance with the legislation, and subsequently been remanded to the probe company’s custody after which to judicial custody following due course of.

    It had famous that Malik had gone to the ED’s workplace for questioning on February, 23, the day he was arrested, in response to earlier summons issued to him by the central company.

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

    “In the present case, there is no dispute on the factual aspect that custody order is passed by the competent court of jurisdiction- the special court,” the excessive court docket had mentioned.

    “And secondly, merely because the order is against the petitioner, it cannot be termed as patently illegal,” the court docket had mentioned.

    Malik was arrested by the ED over a property deal allegedly linked to the aides of gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

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

    As an interim prayer, he had sought that he be launched from custody instantly.

    The excessive court docket had mentioned that Malik’s petition had raised some debatable points and the court docket wanted to listen to at size the arguments from each side earlier than passing any closing orders.

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

    Malik had contended earlier than the excessive court docket that he had purchased the property in a bonafide transaction three many years in the past, and Plumber has now modified her thoughts in regards to the transaction.

  • NCP: Malik’s portfolios to be given ‘quickly’ to his cabinet colleagues

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: The NCP has determined to “temporarily” give cost of portfolios held by jailed Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik to his cabinet colleagues from the get together, however the ruling coalition accomplice won’t search his resignation, Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil mentioned on Thursday.

    Patil, who can be the NCP’s Maharashtra unit president, mentioned the get together’s determination can be conveyed to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who, he added, will take the ultimate name on this regard.

    Interacting with media individuals right here after attending a gathering referred to as by NCP president Sharad Pawar to debate the difficulty, Patil maintained the get together won’t take Malik’s resignation because the latter “was arrested in a wrong manner”.

    The assembly happened at Sharad Pawar’s residence right here. It was attended by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, ministers Chhagan Bhujbal and Dilip Walse Patil and get together’s senior leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare, apart from Patil.

    Malik, a senior NCP chief, is a cabinet minister who holds minority affairs and talent improvement portfolios within the Shiv Sena-led MVA authorities.

    The 62-year-old NCP chief, arrested in late February by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in reference to an alleged cash laundering case, is at present in jail underneath judicial custody.

    Malik, who heads the NCP’s Mumbai unit, can be the guardian minister for Parbhani and Gondia districts. “His bail plea was rejected once again (recently). Hence, the charge of his responsibilities (portfolios) will be given to others in the next two to four days. We have decided to make this alternate temporary arrangement until he is available again,” Patil mentioned.

    He mentioned the small print as to who will get cost of Malik’s portfolios can be declared after the identical is knowledgeable to the chief minister first.

    According to sources, the NCP could give the cost of minority affairs portfolio to Housing Development Minister Jitendra Awhad. The cost of the talent improvement division could go to Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif, they added.

    Patil mentioned the cost of Malik’s guardian ministerships of Parbhani and Gondia can be given to Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde and Minister of State for Urban Development Prajakt Tanpure, respectively.

    A proper request on this regard can be made to the chief minister, who will take a remaining name, the NCP minister added.

    Patil additional mentioned Malik will proceed to stay the get together’s Mumbai unit chief.

    However, the get together has determined to nominate two working presidents, Narendra Rane and Rakhi Jadhav, within the Mumbai unit in view of the forthcoming civic polls in Mumbai, he added.

    On BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis’s comment in Nagpur that the BJP will win single-handedly within the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls, Patil quipped, “I thank him on behalf of the MVA for saying that the alliance will be in power till 2024.”

    He asserted that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) MLAs will “not break away” and added that the alliance authorities is “stable and there is no threat to it”.

    The NCP and the Congress are constituents of the Shiv Sena-led MVA which got here to energy in November 2019.

    Fadnavis, a former CM, just lately created a flutter when he accused the MVA of hatching a conspiracy to focus on BJP leaders and submitted a pen drive “as proof” to the Deputy Assembly Speaker.

    Asked concerning the declare made by the Leader of Opposition within the Assembly, Patil mentioned authenticity of the content material within the pen drive must be verified.