Fadnavis Urges Ajit Pawar to Remove NCP's Malik from Mahayuti Alliance Due to Money Laundering Charges
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Fadnavis wrote to Ajit Pawar saying it would not be proper for Malik to be part of the Mahayuti grand alliance given the charges against him.
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Fadnavis said they have no personal enmity against Malik but the charges are serious enough that he should not be in the alliance.
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Malik was arrested in Feb 2022 by ED in a money laundering probe linked to a land deal.
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Ajit Pawar said BJP had earlier not agreed to take Anil Deshmukh as minister due to pending charges.
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Malik sat with the Ajit Pawar faction MLAs, as the NCP groups have not been recognised separately by the Speaker.