Days forward of the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled to be held on June 10, former Maharashtra ministers Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik have moved a particular courtroom in Mumbai looking for bail for sooner or later to forged their vote within the polls. There are six seats up for grabs from Maharashtra.
On Monday, Malik and Deshmukh, filed separate purposes earlier than the particular courtroom designated to listen to instances underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act looking for one-day bail. Special decide R N Rokade yesterday directed the Enforcement Directorate to file its reply on the pleas by Tuesday and stuck Wednesday, June 8, because the date for additional listening to.
Both leaders have been jailed following their arrest by the ED in separate instances. While Malik was arrested in February this 12 months in reference to alleged money-laundering linked to a property in Kurla, Deshmukh was nabbed in November final 12 months in a case of alleged corruption. Malik is presently lodged at a non-public hospital in Kurla present process remedy whereas Deshmukh is in Arthur Road Jail.
Both leaders have submitted of their separate pleas that being Members of the Legislative Assembly, they’re members of the electoral school and need to vote. Both leaders have sought to be launched for a day to vote within the election, which is to happen on the Vidhan Sabha on June 10.
The improvement comes forward of the June 10 polls the place a contest is probably going for the sixth seat for the Rajya Sabha. Apart from the Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress and BJP, the Assembly has 25 MLAs from smaller events and Independents. The efficient election quota per candidate is 42. The BJP, which has 106 members within the House, has nominated Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik for the Upper House.
Sharad Pawar’s NCP has re-nominated former Union minister Praful Patel, whereas the Congress has fielded Imran Pratapgarhi. Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar are nominees of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena. The electoral contest for the sixth Rajya Sabha seat lies between BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Sena’s Sanjay Pawar.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”