‘Parivar together’: Ajit Pawar announces NCP-NCP (SP) alliance for Pimpri-Chinchwad civic polls
Pune (PTI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has announced an alliance between his NCP and the NCP (SP), led by his uncle Sharad Pawar, for the Pimpri-Chinchwad civic polls, saying the "parivar" (family) has come together.
He was in Pimpri-Chinchwad on Sunday to campaign for the January 15 elections.
"For the sake of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections, the 'clock' and the 'tutari' (trumpet) have united. The parivar has come together," he said.
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Pawar urged party workers to work hard and refrain from making any controversial comments during rallies.
"We are the ones who work for development. We will edge out those who tried to put this municipal corporation in debt," he said.
Meanwhile, talks between the two parties are underway for a tie-up for the Pune Municipal Corporation polls.
Earlier in the day, the Pawar family was in Baramati, where industrialist Gautam Adani inaugurated the Sharadchandra Pawar Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence.
Elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, including the Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune civic bodies, will be held on January 15, and votes will be counted the next day. The last date for filing nominations is December 30.
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BJP MLA Sharanu Salagar booked in cheating case
Bidar (PTI): A case has been registered against BJP MLA Sharanu Salagar in connection with a complaint over a Rs 99 lakh cheque that was dishonoured, for allegedly failing to return money he had taken as a loan during the 2023 Assembly elections, police said on Monday.
The MLA, who is said to be a distant relative of the complainant, had sought financial assistance to meet election-related expenses and received the amount in multiple instalments between January and February 2023, assuring repayment within six months, they said.
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However, the complainant waited for two years, but even after repeated reminders when the MLA did not show any signs of returning the borrowed amount, a meeting was convened by elders on September 14, 2025, where in the MLA acknowledged the liability and issued a cheque for Rs 99 lakh, the FIR stated.
The FIR further alleged that when the complainant’s family members visited the MLA’s residence on September 16 to confirm whether the cheque could be deposited, the MLA allegedly behaved aggressively and issued threats.
The complainant has claimed that the alleged threats were recorded and submitted as electronic evidence along with the complaint.
However, when the cheque was presented through the complainant’s bank on September 18, it was returned the next day, saying “account closed”, police said.
Following the cheque dishonour, a legal notice was issued to the MLA on September 22, seeking payment within the stipulated period, but there was no response, police said.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered against the MLA at Basava Kalyana police station on December 27 under Sections 109 (attempt to murder), 314 (dishonest misappropriation of property), 318 (cheating), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 74 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said, adding that the matter is under investigation.
