Sena candidate Kalaben Delkar, the wife of former MP Mohan Delkar who died by suicide in Mumbai in February, won by a comfortable margin of 51,269 votes, defeating BJP candidate Mahesh Gavit in the Dadra & Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha by-election.
The bypoll to the Dadra Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha constituency (reserved for ST) on Saturday saw an enthusiastic response with a 75.91 per cent turnout.The seat fell vacant following the death of sitting Independent member Mohan Delkar in February .
MUMBAI: Anil Deshmukh resigned as Maharashtra home minister hours after the Bombay high court on Monday directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into allegations of “corrupt malpractices” made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh against him.
Singh had, in an eight-page letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray on March 20, alleged Deshmukh had met subordinate police officers, including suspended API Sachin Waze, and asked for “collection” of Rs 100 crore from various establishments in Mumbai.
Deshmukh has denied the allegations, and his party NCP had earlier said there was no need for him to quit though BJP had demanded his resignation. Senior NCP leader and labour & excise minister Dilip Walse Patil is likely to take over the reins of the home department. The excise department will be entrusted to Ajit Pawar.
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