Thackeray faction raises “50 Khoke” slogans in front of CM Shinde at Maharashtra Assembly
Mumbai: MLAs of former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s faction on Wednesday protested against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and raised slogans against his betrayal to the Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray.
The MLAs raised the slogan “50 Khoke” (50 Crores) to take a dig at Shinde claiming that his faction of MLAs were bribed 50 Crore rupees each by the BJP for the rebellion.
The video of the incident is being widely shared across social media platforms. In the video, the MLAs can be seen raising the slogan as the CM steps out of the assembly along with some of his MLAs and officials.
The Uddhav Thackeray government collapsed in Maharashtra earlier in June this year after a BJP-enabled rebellion in the Shiv Sena by Eknath Shinde, who is now Chief Minister.
महाराष्ट्र : विधानसभा में CM शिंदे के सामने ठाकरे गुट के विधायकों ने लगाए -
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'50 खोके' (50 करोड़) के नारे pic.twitter.com/QMfpG0p45W
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Expelled Cong MLA Mamkootathil gets bail in sexual assault case
Pathanamthitta(Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday granted bail to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the third sexual assault case against him, in which he was arrested earlier this month.
The bail was granted by the Pathanamthitta District Sessions Court, which was considering an appeal filed by the MLA against a judicial magistrate's court that had denied him relief, stating that the allegations against him were serious and that he had "similar antecedents".
The third sexual assault case was registered against the Palakkad MLA under Sections 376 (rape) and 506(1) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), following a complaint lodged by a woman from Kottayam district on 8 January. He was arrested in the case on January 11 in Palakkad.
The Kerala High Court and a sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram had earlier protected the MLA from arrest in the first two sexual assault cases, which were registered based on complaints from two different women.
