'Is MVA govt committed to Dawood Ibrahim?': BJP demands Nawab Malik's resignation
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"Why is Malik being protected? Under whose pressure is the government working?" BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis asked the Uddhav Thackeray-led government.
New Delhi: Ahead of the Maharashtra legislature's budget session, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Thursday (March 3, 2022) staged a protest against the Uddhav Thackeray-led government's decision to not remove Nawab Malik from his post.
The BJP has been demanding the removal of state Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik from his post following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last week in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.
Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Devendra Fadnavis claimed it is for the first time in Maharashtra's history that a state cabinet minister has been arrested over links with the associates of Dawood Ibrahim, who is accused of masterminding the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993.
"Why is Malik being protected? Is this government committed to Dawood Ibrahim? Under whose pressure is the government working?" Fadnavis asked the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
A Minister is in Jail & still hasn’t resigned! जे कधीही इतिहासात घडले नाही, ते महाराष्ट्रात घडते आहे. राज्याचे मंत्री नवाब मलिक हे जेलमध्ये आहेत, त्यांनी अजून राजीनामा दिलेला नाही वा त्यांचा राजीनामा घेतलेला नाही. आरोप साधा नाही, तर मुंबईच्या मारेकऱ्यांशी आर्थिक व्यवहार झाला आहे. pic.twitter.com/oyD37ubSeg
