Pune, Dec. 30 -- : Jayashree Marne, wife of notorious gangster Gaja Marne, has been given a ticket by the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) for the upcoming municipal corporation elections.
She will contest from Ward No. 10 in Pune Municipal Corporation and has been issued the party's AB form.
Gaja Marne is currently lodged in jail. He faces criminal charges in connection with a brutal assault by the Marne gang on an employee working at the office of Civil Aviation Minister Murlidhar Mohol.
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had courted controversy after visiting Gaja Marne's residence.
Jayashree Marne, however, has been associated with the NCP for several years.
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