Maharashtra meeting polls will likely be held on November 20 (File)
Jalna:
Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused within the 2017 homicide of journalist Gauri Lankesh, which outraged the nation, joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Jalna forward of meeting polls.
Gauri Lankesh was shot useless outdoors her house in Karnataka capital Bengaluru on September 5, 2017.
A probe by police in Karnataka with help from companies in Maharashtra led to the arrest of a number of individuals.
Pangarkar, a Jalna municipal councillor of the undivided Shiv Sena between 2001and 2006, was arrested in August 2018 and was granted bail by the Karnataka High Court on September 4 this yr.
After he was denied a ticket by the Shiv Sena in 2011, Pangarkar joined the right-wing Hindu Janjagruti Samiti.
He joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday within the presence of celebration chief and former state minister Arjun Khotkar.
“Pangarkar is a former Shiv Sainik and has returned to the celebration. He has been nominated because the chief of the Jalna meeting ballot marketing campaign,” Khotkar informed reporters.
Khotkar additionally stated he desires to contest the meeting ballot from Jalna, however added seat sharing discussions within the Mahayuti (ruling alliance comprising Shiv Sena, BJP and Ajit Pawar-led NCP) had been nonetheless underway.
The seat is held by Congress’ Kailash Gorantyal.
Maharashtra meeting polls will likely be held on November 20, whereas outcomes will likely be declared on November 23. The time period of the present meeting ends on November 26.
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