Agri minister Kokate gets two years' jail
MUMBAI, Feb. 21 -- In a jolt to the Mahayuti government, a Nashik district court on Thursday sentenced Maharashtra agriculture minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate and his brother Vijay Kokate to two years of imprisonment for acquiring a government-quota flat by submitting fake documents. Although Kokate succeeded in getting bail within hours, there will be uncertainty about his position as a minister and MLA till he gets a stay order on the sentence from a higher court. The opposition has demanded his immediate resignation....
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