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Controversial Rise: Pangarkar Elected Amidst Backdrop of Infamy
Shrikant Pangarkar won by 184 votes as an Independent despite opposition from major parties due to his alleged involvement in a 2017 high-profile murder case.
- On Friday, Shrikant Pangarkar, accused in the 2017 killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, won a corporator seat in the Jalna Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra.
- Pangarkar was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in August 2018 under explosives and UAPA provisions and later granted bail by the Karnataka High Court on September 4, 2024.
- He secured 2,477 votes to 2,477, according to poll officials, in Ward 13, Jalna, and celebrated with supporters.
- With the BJP heading towards control, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena did not field a candidate in Pangarkar's ward, while other major parties contested against him.
- Under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, persons convicted and jailed two years or more cannot contest, allowing under-trials and previously elected jailed candidates to stand in elections after the killing of Gauri Lankesh triggered widespread outrage.
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Controversial Rise: Pangarkar Elected Amidst Backdrop of Infamy
Controversial Rise: Pangarkar Elected Amidst Backdrop of Infamy Shrikant Pangarkar, accused in the notorious 2017 killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, won a seat as a corporator from the Jalna Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra on Friday.The election results, from 29 civic bodies across the state, started rolling in after polling was conducted just a day earlier. Pangarkar contested as an Independent in ward No. 13 and managed to secu…
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
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