Out On Bail, Named In Another Case, MLA From Sharad Pawar's Party "Decides To Resign"

Jitendra Awhad, NCP MLA and former minister, is on bail in case of disrupting movie show in Thane, now accused of sexually harassing a woman in Mumbai

Jitendra Awhad, a legislator from Sharad Pawar's NCP, has tweeted that after “two false cases against me in 72 hours… I have decided to resign as MLA”.  पोलीसांनी माझ्या विरुद्ध ७२ तासात २ खोटा गुन्हा दाखल केला आणि तोही 😭३५४ ,.,मी ह्या पोलिसी आत्याचारा विरुद्ध लढणार … मी माझ्या आमदारकीचा राजीनामा देण्याचा निर्णय घेतो आहे,,. लोकशाहीची हत्या .. उघड्या डोळ्यांनी नाही बघू शकत

On bail after his arrest last week for disrupting a show of Marathi film ‘Har Har Mahadev' in Thane over “distorting the history of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj”, the former minister is now accused of sexually harassing a woman in a case under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. He allegedly pushed her away during a public event at the opening of a bridge in Mumbai.

“I will fight against this police brutality. I cannot simply watch this murder of democracy,” said Mr Awhad, MLA from Mumbra-Kalwa constituency in Thane, in his tweet in Marathi.