malik: BJP warns of President rule as MVA protests Nawab Malik’s arrest

Ministers and leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities on Thursday got here out in full pressure to sentence the Enforcement Directorate motion towards minister Nawab Malik who was arrested on Wednesday beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act. The BJP claimed that the state was a match case for President’s rule to be imposed within the state.

The state’s deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, NCP MP Supriya Sule, residence minister Dilip Walse Patil, state NCP chief and water sources minister Jayant Patil, Congress leaders like income minister Balasaheb Thorat, PWD minister Ashok Chavan and a number of other others sat in protest on the Mahatma Gandhi statue close to Mantralaya to protest towards Malik’s arrest.

Shiv Sena leaders had been conspicuous by their absence initially within the protest, however later industries minister Subhash Desai got here to precise his assist. Sena leaders mentioned that a number of leaders had been travelling with atmosphere and tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray to Uttar Pradesh and therefore couldn’t be on the web site to precise solidarity.

In contrast to the earlier incident when former residence minister Anil Deshmukh had a case registered towards him that led to his resignation, the MVA authorities has mentioned that they might not ask Malik to tender his resignation after his arrest because the arrest was ‘motivated.’

From Jayant Patil to Chhagan Bhujbal, NCP ministers mentioned there was no cause for Malik to resign and the get together continued to again him. “There is no such thing as a connection to Malik’s arrest and the costs, they’re catching any Muslim and linking him with (underworld gangster) Dawood Ibrahim. This can be a very handy option to arrest Muslim folks,” mentioned Bhujbal on the protest web site.

Malik’s daughter Nilofer Khan claimed that her father was framed within the case. “The remand software given by Enforcement Directorate claims that my father was a income minister, whereas everybody is aware of that my father was by no means a income minister, so all the case is predicated on fraud. I’m glad that the federal government has come out in assist of my father,” mentioned Nilofer Khan.

Whereas the MVA is standing behind Malik for now, BJP carried out agitations in several elements of the state to demand Malik’s resignation as a minister. State BJP chief Chandrakant Patil warned that not getting Malik to resign could show detrimental to the MVA authorities’s survival. “This can be a clear case of President’s rule to be imposed, if he doesn’t resign. What else do you want?” Patil requested, at a BJP agitation in Mumbai demanding Malik’s resignation. The state BJP chief has of late been speaking concerning the MVA being a match case for dismissal and the President’s rule being imposed within the state.