Overview

• Women leaders from Sena (UBT), NCP(SP) and Congress met Governor C P Radhakrishnan to demand the removal of Rupali Chakankar for alleged political interference in the commission’s work.
• The opposition alleges the commission shielded accused in the Vaishali Hagwane dowry death and failed to act on earlier complaints, prompting demands to transfer the case to the CID.
• Chakankar defended her tenure as a political appointee under the former MVA government and accused the opposition of politicizing her position for publicity.
• Deputy Legislative Council chairperson Neelam Gorhe held a review meeting that proposed regular divisional sessions, separate offices and the filling of all vacant posts at the commission.
• MVA women leaders have called for a non-political chairperson with legal expertise to restore the commission’s credibility and effectiveness.