Sena Lok Sabha candidate Gholap sentenced to 3 years in prison
March 21, 2014  19:17
In a major setback to former Maharashtra social welfare minister Babanrao Gholap, the special Anti-Corruption Bureau court in Mumbai sentenced him and his wife, to three years' imprisonment, in a disproportionate assets case.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on them. Presently an MLA from a constituency in Nashik, Gholap was social welfare minister in the BJP-Shiv Sena led Maharashtra government in 1995 and had resigned in 1999 due to allegations of corruption.

He was recently declared as the Shiv Sena's candidate from the Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency. Gholap's conviction assumes significance, since he has been legally barred from contesting elections.
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