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.
Election Results 2024: arrangements made for counting of votes in Vizianagaram, Srikakulam districts
Election Results 2024: Vizianagaram district administration prepares for vote counting in seven Assembly seats and one Parliament seat at JNTU-GV University.
Bengaluru saw one of its worst water crises in 2024 with ground water drying up and several parts of the city scrambling for water. With instances like BWSSB supplying treated wastewater to the construction industry, apartments being permitted to sell water from their STPs to the department, and lakes in parts of Bengaluru and neighbouring districts being filled with water from the 33 STP plants in the city, recycling of water became an important topic of conversation during this period.