Maharashtra Minister’s allegations against NCB official Wankhede baseless: Athawale
The Hindu
Sameer Wankhede is an Ambedkarite, his father’s name is not Dawood: RPI (A) chief
The political slanging match over the Mumbai cruise drug case continued unabated with Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday accusing senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Minister of deliberately trying to defame Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede and refuting Mr. Malik’s allegations as ‘baseless’.
“Mr. Wankhede is an Ambedkarite and is from the Dalit community. The Republican Party of India (RPI-A) firmly stands by him. Nawab Malik should stop hurling such personal allegations against Mr. Wankhede and his family,” said Mr. Athawale, who is the president of the RPI (A).
He was speaking after Mr. Wankhede’s wife, Kranti Redkar, and his father Dnyandev Kachru Wankhede had met him to seek his support against Mr. Malik’s allegations.
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