NCP-SP Working President and Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Saturday wrote a letter to Pune District Collector Jitendra Dudi and urged him to remove the wine shop near Pawar Public School in Hinjawadi.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Sule wrote in Marathi, "A wine shop and bar has been started near 'Pawar Public School' in 'Megapolis Serenity Commercial Space' in Hinjawadi. It is not known what criteria were used to give permission to this wine shop near the school. The rules clearly state that there should not be a wine shop near schools, temples, etc. This wine shop is adversely affecting the safety of school students and the educational environment."
"Parents, local residents, school administration, and I have made representations from time to time that this wine shop and bar should be closed. This wine shop is not appropriate to be in the school premises. In this regard, I request the District Collector, Pune, to please take action to close this wine shop and bar immediately," she added.
Meanwhile, Sule also sought Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate's resignation and asserted "everyone in Parliament" was asking about the "card-playing" incident involving him.
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"This (rummy video) and several other incidents have defamed Maharashtra at the national level. Everyone in Parliament was asking about this 'card-playing' matter. Kokate should have immediately stepped down on moral grounds, but these people have to be told to resign. Unless there is intervention from Delhi, no one resigns," Sule said.
Kokate is under fire for allegedly playing a game of rummy on his mobile phone while the Monsoon session of the state legislature was in progress, though he has claimed he was swiping out an advertisement of the game in order to access something on the internet.
(With PTI inputs)
