Maharashtra’s Women and Child development minister Pankaja Munde Maharashtra’s Women and Child development minister Pankaja Munde

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Thursday said the charges of corruption against Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Pankaja

Munde were serious. He, however, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was capable of replying to all the charges.

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Earlier, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil slammed Fadnavis for defending Pankaja.

He said, “The charges are serious and she should step down till the Anti-Corruption Bureau completes its investigations.”

The Maharashtra Congress’s women’s wing held demonstrations in front of Pankaja’s house in Worli. Both the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party demanded her resignation.

In New Delhi, local Congress unit chief Ajay Maken also raised the issue of allegations against Pankaja and accused her of “playing with the health of children”.

Earlier, Shiv Sena indicated that Thackeray would soon meet the chief minister to formalise the place for Bal Thackeray memorial on Shivaji Park premises in Mumbai.

There are indications that the Shiv Sena wants land next to the mayor’s bungalow, which has its historical importance.

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