Sacked IAS officer Pooja Khedkar's father enters Maharashtra Assembly race

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After unsuccessfully contesting the Lok Sabha elections, Dilip Khedkar, father of sacked probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, has now entered the assembly poll fray as he will contest as an independent candidate from Shevgaon seat in Ahilyanagar district.

Khedkar, a former government official, was one of the accused in the case of alleged criminal intimidation along with his wife Manorama Khedkar, who allegedly showed a gun to a farmer in Pune district over a land dispute in June 2023.

This time, he has not mentioned any information related to his wife in the election affidavit, contrary to what he had done during the Lok Sabha polls.

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Topics: Shevgaon Vijay Kumbhar Ahilyanagar Farmer Union Public Service Commission Official Dilip Khedkar Manorama Khedkar Draft:Puja Khedkar Indian Administrative Service Puja Khedkar Independent candidate Pune RTI Probationary IAS officer

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Published On: 2024-10-29 @ 15:40:25 (2 days ago)

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