NCP leader Jitendra Awhad to resign as MLA over 'fake' cases against him

NCP MLA and former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad on Monday said he has decided to resign as member of the Legislative Assembly over iquestfakeiquest cases registered against him by policeThe Mumbra police in neighbouring Thane district registered a case after midnight on Monday against Awhad under Indian Penal Code Section 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty following a complaint by a womanThe complainant alleged that the NCP leader pushed her while making way for himself during the dispersal of a crowd after an event of the chief minister in Mumbra on Sunday evening as per the First Information Report FIRAwhad the MLA from MumbraKalwa seat in Thane was arrested on Friday after he and his supporters stopped a show of Har Har Mahadev at a multiplex inside a mall in Thane city alleging the film distorted the history of Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajAn FIR was registered over the incident at Vartak Nagar police station in Thane under Indian Penal Code sections 323 assault and 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peaceAwhad was granted bail by a court on Saturday in that caseAlso read Mumbai News LIVE Updates Protests in Mumbra after NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad booked for molestationThe NCP leader in a tweet on Monday said Police lodged two fake complaints against me including on charges under IPC 354 I am taking decision to resign as MLAI will fight against such police atrocity against me I cannot see the murder of democracy with my eyes he addedMeanwhile Mumbai BJP MLA Ashish Shelar said Maharashtra Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis has demonstrated that there will be legal implications if a common citizen faces any kind of oppression harassment or assaultHe was responding to queries by reporters on the NCP claims that Fadnavis had a role behind police complaints against AwhadIt like a thief blaming the cops as they foiled his plans Shelar saidAwhads plan to resign has nothing to do with the allegations made against him If he wishes to resign let it be We BJP will win that seat tooiquest the Mumbai BJP chief saidThe Constitution has given rights to people to defend themselves He Awhad should use his rights instead of indulging in such gimmicks Shelar saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever