Seer retracts support for Munde after meeting slain sarpanch’s kin
Hindustan TimesMumbai: Two days after Namdev Shastri, chief of Bhanwangad – the religious power centre of the Vanjari community, stoked controversy by saying Nationalist Congress Party leader and minister Dhananjay Munde had been wrongfully implicated in the Santosh Deshmukh murder case, the mahant on Sunday made an about turn, claiming he did not mean to support the accused in the case and the shrine stood by the slain sarpanch’s family firmly. The slain sapranch’s brother Dhananjay Deshmukh and daughter Vaibhavi Deshmukh met Namdev Shastri in Bhagwangad on Sunday afternoon. The development came after the deceased’s brother Dhananjay Deshmukh and daughter Vaibhavi Deshmukh met Shastri on Sunday afternoon, submitted documents related to the accused, and said they expected the mahant to clear his stand on the case. The Mahayuti government, while promising justice for the slain sarpanch’s family, has shielded Munde several times, with NCP chief and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar even warning party workers in Beed not to indulge in illegal activities with the food and civil supplies minister by his side earlier this month.
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