Plea Of Anil Deshmukh, Nawab Malik For 1-Day Bail To Vote In RS Polls Rejected

Mumbai: A Mumbai court has turned down the bail request of arrested Nationalist Congress Party leaders Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik. The two had sought one-day bail to vote in Rajya Sabha elections.

Deshmukh was arrested in November last year in a corruption case against him, while Malik was arrested in a money laundering case registered against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and some of his close associates.

The Enforcement Directorate had opposed the bail pleas of two NCP leaders, saying prisoners do not have voting rights under the Representation of the People Act adding that a person confined in prison cannot vote in any elections, “whether he is under sentence or an undertrial that doesn’t make a difference”.

The central probe agency had told the special PMLA court that Anil Deshmukh is the prime accused in the money laundering case registered against him and is currently in judicial custody. According to the ED, Deshmukh allegedly abused his position as home minister and collected ₹4.70 crores from various bars in Mumbai through some police officers.

Nawab Malik was arrested by the ED on February 23 this year in a money laundering case related to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his associates. Rajya Sabha elections are very important for the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance.

After more than two decades, Rajya Sabha elections will be held in Maharashtra as seven candidates are in the fray for six seats.

The ruling Shiv Sena has fielded two candidates, its Maha Vikas Aghadi allies NCP and Congress have nominated one candidate each, while the opposition BJP has put up three candidates. The contest lies between BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Pawar.

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