After Puja Khedkar, her father, Dilip Khedkar, now finds himself on the heart of controversy, following his current declaration of marital standing within the affidavit filed with the Election Fee of India forward of the Maharashtra Meeting Elections. Dilip Khedkar, who filed his nomination as an Impartial candidate from the Ahmednagar South constituency, declared himself as “divorced” on this newest affidavit, contrasting along with his beforehand declared standing of being “married” to Manorama Khedkar within the affidavit submitted for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In his earlier affidavit for the Lok Sabha polls, the place he contested the Ahmednagar seat on a Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi ticket, Khedkar listed himself as married to Manorama Khedkar and disclosed their collectively owned properties, describing their family as an “undivided Hindu household.” Nonetheless, the current affidavit stands in stark distinction with the knowledge submitted earlier.
‘Divorce finalised in 2010’
It’s pertinent to notice that amid the controversy, an India As we speak report said that Dilip and Manorama Khedkar first filed for divorce within the Pune Household Court docket in 2009, finalizing their separation on June 25, 2010, by mutual consent. Regardless of the authorized separation, the 2 reportedly continued dwelling collectively in Manorama Khedkar’s bungalow in Pune’s Baner space.
Dilip Khedkar booked for threatening Tehsildar at Pune Collectorate
In the meantime, in different information, Dilip Khedkar has additionally just lately encountered authorized points after police registered a case in opposition to him for allegedly threatening and obstructing a public servant on the Pune Collectorate. In line with sources, the case arose across the time when Puja Khedkar joined the Pune Collectorate as a trainee IAS officer. The FIR mentions that Dilip Khedkar steadily visited the workplace, allegedly pressuring a tehsildar and different authorities staff to allocate a separate cabin for Puja.
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