NCP leader Dhananjay Munde has kicked up a storm on the eve of polling for the Maharashtra assembly polls by allegedly making obscene comments against his estranged cousin and state minister Pankaja Munde of the BJP at a rally, resulting in an FIR against him.
Both the cousins are locked in a fierce battle in Parli assembly segment in Beed district. Pankaja, daughter of late BJP veteran Gopinath Munde, had defeated Dhananjay Munde in the 2014 assembly elections.
On Sunday, Maharashtra State Commission for Woman (MSCW) also took suo motu (on its own) cognisance of remarks made by Dhananjay Munde, the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council.
MSCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar told reporters in Aurangabad that action will be taken against the NCP leader.
Under flak, Munde said the video clip, in which he was purportedly heard making the comments against Pankaja, was edited and fake. He claimed that his remarks were "distorted" to project him as a "villain" by his ...