Pune Court Cancels Membership Of Congress Corporator Avinash Bagwe

Shivajinagar, 2nd June 2021: The small causes court has cancelled the membership of Congress corporator Avinash Ramesh Bagwe for furnishing wrong information in his affidavit and nomination form during the 2017 Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections.

The petition was filed by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Bhupendra Shedge. He had contested unsuccessfully against Bagawe from ward 19a (Lohiyanagar-Kasewadi). Shedge had filed a complaint with election officials also but they did not consider his complaint.

In 2017, Shedge filed an election petition before the small causes court which gave the verdict on June 29 and cancelled the membership of Bagwe. Lawyers Naresh Gaikwad, Rafiq Shaikh and Yogesh Daware represented Shedge.

Bagwe said that he will file a petition in the Bombay High Court against the small causes court judgement to get justice.