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nGirish Bapat isnone of the most respected politicians of BJP in the state of Maharashtra. He isna five time MLA from Kasba Peth and currently holding important Food, CivilnSupplies and Consumer Protection portfolio as a Cabinet Minister in MaharashtranGovernment.
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nProfile ofnGirish Bapat
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nGirish was bornnon September 3, 1953. He joined RSS as a pracharak at a very young age. Innfact, he was one of the most firebrand youth leader from Maharashtra duringnIndira Gandhi’s Emergency Phase. And, at that time he was even arrested andnsent to jail while being only 25 years old. Once out of jail, he emerged as anfirebrand young leader and was made the Secretary of Jansangh Pune. Since thennhe remained a successful and quite popular politician in Pune.
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nControversies
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nBeing a seniornBJP leader of Pune, Bapat has made the party red faced many times. It isnbecause of these facts that he was not appreciated by senior leaders. His relationshipnwith Gopinath Munde was not cordial as Munde used to think him as a fraud.
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nHolding Handsnwith a Lady
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nRecently, anphoto of Girish Bapat became viral over social media platforms. You can see innthe picture that he is holding hand of a lady.
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nThis picture hasncreated a sort of storm over social media. The woman is not related to GirishnBapat. She is also not in the government service. Further, she is also not fromnBJP. Then, who is she and why does Mr. Bapat holding her hand sonaffectionately?
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nThe image wasnclicked by an unknown person and shared by the Social Media. This was a programnof the CM and hence lots of local people were there. It is quite shocking thatna case has been filed against that unknown photographer. He didn’t do anynmistake by clicking the picture of the CM. Further, it is also very unlikelynthat Girish Bapat has some relation with that woman. Had there been any secretnrelationship, he would not have held her hand publicly and in a program of thenChief Minister. The woman has also said that Mr. Bapat was just letting her seenthe CM and for her Bapat is a father figure.
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nSeeing MMS andnBlue Films
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nGirish Bapat wasnonce invited to address young girl students in Pune. He went there and saidnsomething which was completely undignified and unbecoming of a senior cabinetnminister.
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nMr. Bapatnaddressed young girls saying that he also watch those obsene clips in the nightnat home which you people watch on the mobile phone. He further quipped that henis young by heart and not old.
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nIt was highlynobjectionable and even the BJP couldn’t find anything to defend this idioticnremark of a ‘tharki buddha’.
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