
Former maharashtra minister nawab malik, who was jailed for 18 months in a laundering case, is reported to have
joined the nationalist congress party (NCP) faction led by deputy cm Ajit Pawar. deputy cm Devendra
Fadnavis has expressed objection to this. He wrote a letter to ajit pawar saying that it is not right to take Nawab
Malik in the alliance. In his letter, fadnavis wrote, It is not right to take nawab malik in the alliance. The kind of
allegations against him. We believe that it is not right to take them into alliance with us. Power comes and goes but
the country is more important than power.
Deputy cm fadnavis said, nawab malik came to the Legislative assembly today and took part in the work.
Being a member of the Legislative assembly, he has this right. Let me make it clear that we have no personal
enmity or complaint against him. But the way There have been allegations against him. In view of that, it would
not be appropriate to take him into the alliance. Power comes and goes but the country is more important than
power. If the allegations against him are not proved then we should welcome him. But we have a clear opinion.
That in case of such allegations, it would not be right to make him a part of the Grand Alliance. I hope you will
pay attention to our feelings. Let us tell you that nawab malik spent time in jail from february 2022 to August
2023 and is currently on bail on health grounds. Earlier, ajit pawar told journalists that he had called Malik and
said that welcome to Nagpur. He also said that he is a senior leader who is capable of taking his own decisions on
such matters.