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AAP complaint against Maha Deputy CM for threatening villagers

April 18, 2014

Maha_Deputy_CMPune, Apr 18: An AAP candidate from Baramati Lok Sabha constituency has accused Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of threatening villagers of cutting off their water supply if they did not vote for Supriya Sule, NCP nominee and daughter of the party chief Sharad Pawar.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Suresh Khopade, in his complaint submitted at Vadgaon police station yesterday, has alleged that Pawar issued the threat of cutting off water supply during an election speech at village Masalwadi village under Baramati constituency of Pune district on April 16, a purported video of which was aired on television.

In the complaint, which cites the video under reference, Pawar allegedly tells the villagers of Masalwadi in his campaign speech in support of Sule that "If anybody from this village indulges in any trouble (failing to vote for Sule), I will cut off the water supply."

Pawar's statement was purportedly in response to complaints by the assembled villagers regarding inadequate water supply.

When contacted, Assistant Police Inspector Vilas Bhosale said that police had received Khopade's complaint but no case has so far been registered against the deputy Chief Minister because police and Election Commission officials would have to check whether the video, which has almost zero visibility, is genuine or not.

"Due process will be followed after preliminary investigations into the complaint before registering it," he said.

Khopade had actually filed his complaint with election officials and not with police, as it pertained to election campaign and code of conduct, Bhosale said, adding that the concerned video too had not been handed over to police.

"The application of complaint by Khopade was given to police belatedly on April 17 while the actual speech was purportedly made on April 16," he said.

An AAP spokesman said the party hoped that all concerned officials would take due note of Khopade's complaint against Pawar, who was campaigning for his sister Supriya Sule, the sitting MP from Baramati.

Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule could not be contacted for their comments.

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August 6,2020

The Indian Defence Ministry, which had in its document that China intruded into the Indian territory in eastern Ladakh in early May, on August 6 took down the page which it had uploaded on its website.

According to a report by news channel NDTV, the ministry, in its document, had said the Chinese aggression has been "increasing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and more particularly in Galwan valley since May 5."

"The Chinese side has transgressed in the areas of Kungrang Nala, Gogra and north bank of Pangong Tso Lake on May 17-18," the document, titled 'Chinese Aggression on LAC' stated.

The document revealed that "... a violent face-off incident took place between the two sides on June 15, resulting in casualties on both sides."

After the clash, a second corps commander level meeting took place on June 22 to discuss the modalities of de-escalation. "While engagement and dialogue at military and diplomatic level is continuing to arrive at mutually acceptable consensus, the present standoff is likely to be prolonged," it said.

A defence ministry spokesperson told the news channel that the document "did not go through him".

The opposition Congress, meanwhile, asked the government why the report was taken down with party leader Rahul Gandhi alleging that removal of the document from websites would not change facts.

"Forget standing up to China, India's PM lacks the courage even to name them. Denying China is in our territory and removing documents from websites won't change the facts," Gandhi tweeted.

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