Overview
- He is contesting as an independent from Ward 13 in the January 15 Jalna Municipal Corporation polls.
- The race features nominees from the BJP and other parties, while the Shinde-led Shiv Sena has not fielded a candidate in the ward.
- He briefly joined the Shiv Sena before the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections, but Eknath Shinde put the induction on hold after public outcry.
- Karnataka Police charge-sheeted 18 suspects in the Gauri Lankesh case and the trial has been underway since May 2022.
- He was arrested by the Maharashtra ATS in 2018 over seized crude bombs and weapons and was booked under the Explosives Act, the Explosive Substances Act and the UAPA.