Manik rao: Fadnavis government minister Manik Rao Cocate’s difficulties have increased in Maharashtra. The court has sentenced Cocate and his brother Vijay to two years in the case of flat grabbing for the poor. The case is 30 years old in which two flats made for the poor in a Society in Nashik were seized.
He had imposed a fake income certificate showing his low earnings. He has been sentenced in the court in the case of taking flats on the basis of fake certificate and tampering with documents. However, Cocate has also been allowed to go to the upper court in the court. In such a situation, if the cocate does not get relief from the upper court, then he may have to lose his post and legislator.
Certificate of low earnings
In fact, several flats were built in a Society in Nashik and 10 percent of these flats were reserved for the economically weaker sections. In this 1995 case, one flat was booked in the name of Minister Cocate and his brother Vijay. This flat was economically weaker sections. The minister had imposed a fake income certificate to achieve this flat in which his income was shown very low.
The case was going on in the court for 30 years and now its decision has come. In this case, Judge Rupali Narwadia sentenced the minister and his brother to two years. Along with this, the Deputy District Magistrate has also been ordered to cancel the deal of flats allotted in the names of Minister Kokate and his brother. He has also ordered to wait until the appeal time is over in the upper court.
Cocate is close to Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
Manik Rao Cocate, a minister in the Fadnavis government, is considered very close to Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. He was earlier with Sharad Pawar in Ven CP but after Ajit Pawar’s separation, he left Sharad Pawar. After the court is sentenced, the Ajit Pawar faction says that the entire case will be seen deeply and an appeal will be made in the upper court against the court order. On the other hand, Kokate has accused himself of implicating himself under political conspiracy.
Kokate, who reached the court, said that this case was filed against me for political reasons. He said that 30 years ago, the then MLA and former minister Tukaram Dighole filed this case for political reasons. He said that I have not yet read the order of the court and only after reading the court order, I will comment in this matter.
Now the danger of snatching ministerial posts and legislative legislation
After the court sentenced to the year, the threat to the post of Kokate and the minister has been in danger. If an MLA is sentenced to two years or more under the Representation of People Act, then his assembly membership will automatically be canceled. In such a situation, if the cocate does not get relief from the upper court, then he will have to lose both ministerial positions and legislators and his political career will be in danger.
After the court’s decision, the Congress and the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP have demanded that the cocate be removed from the post of minister immediately. So far no statement of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has come in this matter.