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.
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.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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