Can I get bail, it's Holi?
Chagan Bhujbal is currently lodged in Arthur Road Jail, for his alleged misappropriation of funds in the well-documented Maharashtra Sadan scam. Apart from making impassioned speeches addressed to the judge himself, his latest application for interim bail also made news. He requested some time off on the occasion of Holi so he could spend time with his family and friends. However, the judge turned the request down. It is common for accused, undertrials and convicts to try for interim relief citing urgent or emergency situations. Holi, is just not one of them. In the meanwhile, Sharad Pawar has said the arrests (of Chagan and his nephew Samir) are due to political vendetta and the decisions were not taken by Bhujbal alone. Supriya Sule has visited him in jail too.
The Aam Aadmi Party, which doggedly followed this case and routinely sends out all updates promptly on this case, is now waiting for the real big case to begin. Rumours/reports about action against Ajit Pawar in the stupefying irrigation scam worth Rs70,000 crore, have been doing the rounds and despite BJP's assertions that no one will be spared, there hasn't been much movement on that case.
And while law prevented Bhujbal from playing holi, patriotic MLAs across political parties, got MIM MLA Waris Pathan's suspended through a spontaneous motion, for refusing to say Bharat Mata Ki Jai. In an atmosphere where slightest reference to anti-national evokes major reactions, his refusal made everyone, including the Congress, so angry that they all supported the motion to suspend him through the Budget Session till April 17. Pathan stuck to his guns and explained time and again that he loves his country and he was fine with saying Jai Hind and that the constitution did not require him to say Bharat Mata ki Jai.
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