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Time of India
6 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Bina MLA meets BJP chief amid row over allegiance
Bhopal: Congress MLA from Bina Nirmala Sapre, who has openly supported the BJP since last year, finds herself politically isolated as both parties distance themselves from her, and discontent brews within the ruling party's local workers. On Tuesday, Sapre met new BJP state president Hemant Khandelwal in Bhopal following complaints by BJP urban local body members and party workers in her Bina constituency over her functioning. Earlier this week, several BJP leaders had earlier approached the party headquarters, questioning whether Sapre was acting as their representative or still aligned with the Congress. On May 5 last year, during the last lap of Lok Sabha election campaign in the state, Sapre joined the BJP's public meeting in Rahatgarh in the presence of CM Mohan Yadav. She campaigned for the BJP Lok Sabha candidate Lata Wankhede for the next five months. However, the BJP officially did not give her primary membership though Sapre claimed she shifted her loyalty from the Congress to BJP. Now, BJP local leaders and workers have complained about her way of working to Khandelwal. Following this, Khandelwal summoned her to Bhopal, and they had a closed-door meeting on Tuesday. Party sources claimed that she does not have the support from the BJP's workers in the constituency. And the party officially does not accept her as a member. Speaking to TOI, BJP state spokesman Ajay Singh Yadav said, "Nirmala Sapre left the Congress because she was dissatisfied with that party. It is true she contested the 2023 assembly elections on a Congress ticket, but she must decide her future. A new state party president has taken charge and that is the reason she came to meet him. It was a regular meeting." No matter how much the BJP tries to camouflage the volatile situation in Bina constituency, the truth remains that Sapre is an MLA with no party supporting her. Since she left the Congress, the opposition party has written to the Speaker for her disqualification from the state assembly while the BJP denies having given her primary membership. Technically she is still a Congress MLA with no acceptance from the BJP. Ruling party workers have also taken their grievances against Sapre to the chief minister.
Indian Express
29-05-2025
- Climate
- Indian Express
76-year-old woman dies after tree falls on auto-rickshaw in Pune
A 76-year-old woman was killed after a branch of an aged Gulmohar tree fell on the auto-rickshaw she was travelling in Wednesday near the Neelayam Bridge area in Pune, as several parts of the city witnessed rain and gusty winds. According to the Pune police, Subhadra Sapre, a resident of Anandnagar in Singhagad Road, was shifted to a nearby hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. The auto-rickshaw driver, who sustained minor injuries, was discharged. The Pune police said the tree branch fell on the auto-rickshaw at around 3.30 pm, causing head injuries to Sapre. This is the second such incident in the last three days after a man died after a tree fell on him near Alankar Theatre on May 26. Over the last few days, incidents of breach of embankment walls have also been reported from some parts of the city. A few days ago, many shops were destroyed after a wall collapsed near Undri. Encroachment on nullahs has seen water entering houses and roads in some parts of the city. Pune and its surrounding regions have received more than their normal share of rainfall in May. Due to the sudden onset of the monsoon, the civic bodies were caught unaware and could not complete many of the pre-monsoon works. With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a break in the monsoon, the civic body has said it would utilise the time to work on the pending works.
