Bhubaneswar: Controversy appears to be synonymous with BJD’s Pipili MLA candidate and previous minister Pradeep Maharathy, who was arrested on Monday for allegedly assaulting a team of election officials on Sunday night time.
He was compelled to surrender from chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s ministry simplest four months in the past following his controversial statement, favouring two brothers, who had been acquitted by means of the court docket in reference to the 2011-12 rape-murder of a 19-year-old girl in Pipili.
The six-time MLA from Pipili had stirred the hornet’s nest by means of hailing the acquittal of the rape accused on December 24, 2018. He drew complaint by means of announcing that the lady got justice, much the chagrin of the opposition Congress and BJP. Amid huge protests, Maharathy resigned as agriculture and farmer’s empowerment minister on January 6 this yr.
In January 2012, Maharathy needed to surrender as agriculture minister following statewide outrage over his alleged links with the same rape accused. The 19-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped on November 28, 2011, had died on June 21, 2012 after final semi-comatose at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.
Maharathy landed in the soup once more in November 2014 for allegedly making distasteful and sexist remarks about BJP MLA Radharani Panda in the state assembly. Panda alleged that Maharathy used sexist remarks in opposition to her when she was raising slogans in opposition to the state executive in the smartly of the house. Maharathy had then rubbished her charges. “I never misbehaved together with her nor uttered distasteful words,” he stated.
Maharathy shot to infamy another time in November 2017 when a video of him allegedly using filthy language in opposition to Prime Minster Narendra Modi at a public meeting in Kendrapada went viral on social media. In the video, Maharathy was allegedly hurling abuse at Modi over the Centre’s idea of bullet educate.
In September 2018, another video went viral on social media quoting Maharathy as announcing that 30,000 women self-help team members have 60,000 husbands. As his statement drew fashionable complaint, Maharathy claimed people have misinterpreted his commentary. “I had if truth be told stated there would be 60,000 people in the chief minister’s meeting to be held at Satyabadi. I intended to mention that the 60,000 people would include 30,000 women and another 30,000 (their) husbands,” Maharathy was quoted in the media.
He was compelled to surrender from chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s ministry simplest four months in the past following his controversial statement, favouring two brothers, who had been acquitted by means of the court docket in reference to the 2011-12 rape-murder of a 19-year-old girl in Pipili.
The six-time MLA from Pipili had stirred the hornet’s nest by means of hailing the acquittal of the rape accused on December 24, 2018. He drew complaint by means of announcing that the lady got justice, much the chagrin of the opposition Congress and BJP. Amid huge protests, Maharathy resigned as agriculture and farmer’s empowerment minister on January 6 this yr.
In January 2012, Maharathy needed to surrender as agriculture minister following statewide outrage over his alleged links with the same rape accused. The 19-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped on November 28, 2011, had died on June 21, 2012 after final semi-comatose at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.
Maharathy landed in the soup once more in November 2014 for allegedly making distasteful and sexist remarks about BJP MLA Radharani Panda in the state assembly. Panda alleged that Maharathy used sexist remarks in opposition to her when she was raising slogans in opposition to the state executive in the smartly of the house. Maharathy had then rubbished her charges. “I never misbehaved together with her nor uttered distasteful words,” he stated.
Maharathy shot to infamy another time in November 2017 when a video of him allegedly using filthy language in opposition to Prime Minster Narendra Modi at a public meeting in Kendrapada went viral on social media. In the video, Maharathy was allegedly hurling abuse at Modi over the Centre’s idea of bullet educate.
In September 2018, another video went viral on social media quoting Maharathy as announcing that 30,000 women self-help team members have 60,000 husbands. As his statement drew fashionable complaint, Maharathy claimed people have misinterpreted his commentary. “I had if truth be told stated there would be 60,000 people in the chief minister’s meeting to be held at Satyabadi. I intended to mention that the 60,000 people would include 30,000 women and another 30,000 (their) husbands,” Maharathy was quoted in the media.
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