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Maharashtra: BJP's Women's Wing Demands For Resignation Of Dhananjay Munde

BJP's Women's Wing have started protesting for the removal of Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde after he was accused of raping a woman.

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The women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a Mahila Morcha outside the office of Aurangabad district collector in order to oust Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde from his position. The minister has been accused of rape by a singer who had issued a written complaint to the Mumbai police commissioner on January 10.

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The protesters say that Maharashtra's Maha Vikas Aghadi government has done little to deliver justice to women. Dhananjay Munde who is the Social Justice minister of Maharashtra has refuted these allegations. He even went on to say that the complainant and her sister are trying to blackmail him.

Protests are also erupting in Thane, Pune and Nagpur too. Mrinal Pendse who is in-charge of BJP's Women's Wing's Thane unit said that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray must fire NCP's Munde.

BJP's Former MP Kirit Somaiya Alleges That He Received Threats

On Monday, Kirit Somaiya who is a BJP leader alleged that he was threatened via calls from six NCP leaders. He even tweeted about the same in Hindi on his Twitter handle.

In his tweet, he alleged that the leaders threatened to shoot him for speaking up against Dhananjay Munde. He also attached some newspaper articles which said the same thing. Kirit had also written to the Election Commission to take serious action against Munde for not admitting that he had a second wife and two children.

On January 14, Sharad Pawar had broken his silence on this matter and said that the allegations against the minister were very serious.  However, NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said that they will wait for the Mumbai police to complete their investigation before any action is taken. They will wait for the truth comes out via the probe.

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Also Read: “My Life Is In Threat”: Singer Accuses Maha Minister Dhananjay Munde Of Rape

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