Local BJP unit had informed state leadership that it would not campaign for Sattar, while in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the party had earlier announced it would not support Malik.
NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate Fahad Ahmad received 45,963 votes, while Malik, representing Ajit Pawar-led NCP, tallied 49,341 votes at the end of 19th round of counting
In conversation with ThePrint, five-time MLA Nawab Malik also talks about his decision to join Ajit Pawar-led NCP and communally charged remarks by leaders of Mahayuti ally BJP.
Malik filed his nomination as official candidate of Ajit Pawar-led NCP Tuesday. The party has nominated his daughter Sana Malik from her father’s current constituency, Anushaktinagar.
NCP MLA Nawab Malik attended Maharashtra assembly & sat on treasury benches Thursday. He was behind bars in connection with ED money laundering probe until he got bail this August.
Deshmukh and Malik, both senior NCP leaders, are currently lodged in jail in connection with different money laundering cases being probed by the Enforcement Directorate.
Malik is in judicial custody for alleged money laundering & links to underworld and holds skill development & minority affairs portfolios. CM Uddhav Thackeray to take final call.
Assembly sessions have been of short durations, as a precautionary measure against Covid. But even this short time has been spent on protests, political attacks & counterattacks.
The casualty list of the personnel killed or wounded during Op Sindoor has not been formally published. The public has been denied the opportunity to stand by and honour the families of the fallen.
The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation.
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.
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