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Former Mumbai Mayor’s ‘Washing Machine’ Jibe On Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion

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Former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar claimed the BJP is like a washing machine and once leaders go there, they come out clean.

Mumbai: Kishori Pednekar, a former mayor of Mumbai, asserted that the BJP is like a washing machine and that once leaders enter it, they come out clean. The statement came after the admission of rebel Shiv Sena MLAs Sanjay Rathod and Abdul Sattar into the Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday.

Mr. Rathod, who served in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) administration under Uddhav Thackeray, resigned last year for his suspected involvement in a woman’s death. He had to resign from the Uddhav Thackeray cabinet after the opposition BJP protested against him.

Three of Mr. Sattar’s daughters and a son were recently listed among the 7,880 candidates who were barred and disqualified over the alleged rigging of the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) 2019–20.

After the two leaders were appointed to the Maharashtra cabinet led by Eknath Shinde, Ms. Pednekar, a member of the Uddhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena group said, “It’s (the BJP) like a washing machine. Once they go there, they come out clean.” Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said Mr Rathod was given a clean chit by police when the MVA was in power. Hence, he was included in the state cabinet.

In June of this year, Mr. Shinde and 39 other Sena lawmakers staged a coup against the party’s leadership, which resulted in the fall of the MVA administration headed by Uddhav Thackeray. On June 30, Mr. Shinde took the oath of office as chief minister, and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis did likewise as deputy chief minister.

Today, Chief Minister Shinde expanded the cabinet of the Shinde faction Sena BJP government. At Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai, 18 lawmakers, including Sanjay Rathod and Abdul Sattar, were sworn in as cabinet ministers.

Chandrakant Patil, Sudhir Mugantiwar, Girish Mahajan, Suresh Khade, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Ravindra Chavhan, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Vijaykumar Gavit and Atul Save are the 9 ministers sworn in from the BJP , and Dada Bhuse, Shambhuraje Desai, Sandeepan Bhumre, Uday Samant, Tanaji Sawant, Abdul Sattar, Deepak Kesarkar, Gulabrao Patil and Sanja Rathaud took oath as ministers from the BJP and Shinde led Shiv Sena for the Maharashtra government.

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“Saved You Some Detective Work”: TMC MP Mahua Moitra Hits Back At News Portal Over ‘Louis Vuitton’ Bag

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TMC MP, Mahua Moitra on Monday, hit back at a news portal “The New Indian”, which shared a clip of the TMC leader leaving a luxury car asking if Moitra has “changed her fashion sense” after the controversy.

MS Moitra said this too is a Louis Vuitton – the Pochette. She also said the car in which she was seen coming to Parliament belonged to an MP from Andhra Pradesh with whom she often carpooled.

“My dears- this is also Louis Vuitton – the Pochette. Do look it up- will save you time trying to figure it out. The car’s a G-Wagon with an AP number plate belonging to Andhra MP who we often car pool with. Saved you some detective work here too! Cheers!,” Ms. Moitra’s tweet read.

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Earlier last week, a video from a Lok Sabha session was making rounds on the internet, with the BJP claiming that Mahua Moitra was seen hiding her Louis Vuitton bag as soon as the debate on price rise began. Soon after, the Twitterati took over and debated if Moitra, being a former investment banker before joining politics, could afford the bag.

Later, Ms. Moitra posted a collage of photos of how she has been carrying the Louis Vitton bag since 2019.

“Jholewala fakir in Parliament since 2019. Jhole leke aye the…jhola leke chal padenge,” Mahua Moitra tweeted a day after the row begun.

 

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