Pooja Khedkar and her father Dilip Khedkar
Dilip Khedkar, father of former trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar, has filed nomination papers to contest the Maharashtra Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Ahmednagar South assembly constituency. Dilip Khedkar has revealed in his recent nomination papers that he is divorced. This situation is contrary to the information given in his affidavit during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the Lok Sabha elections held just a few months ago, Dilip Khedkar had declared himself married to Manorama Khedkar.
Had declared himself married in Lok Sabha election affidavit
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Dilip Khedkar had contested from Ahmednagar assembly constituency on the ticket of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi Party. He lost this election. In his affidavit filed for the Lok Sabha elections, Dilip Khedkar had mentioned Manorama Khedkar as his wife. In this affidavit, Dilip Khedkar had given details of their joint properties. He had also described his family as an undivided Hindu family.
Both of them separated in June 2010
Dilip and Manorama Khedkar had filed for divorce by mutual consent in a Pune family court in 2009, India Today reported. Both of them separated from each other on June 25, 2010. Despite the divorce, it is said that the couple continued to live together in Manorama Khedkar’s bungalow in Pune’s Baner area.
Pooja Khedkar suspended from IAS
Pooja Khedkar was suspended by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for furnishing false information in her application for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2022, to avail reservation benefits, however, she categorically denied these allegations. Is.
Dilip Khedkar had declared his assets as Rs 40 crore
During his mock interviews at various academies in Delhi, Khedkar claimed that his family’s income was zero as his parents were divorced. She lives with her mother. However, Dilip Khedkar had also declared assets worth Rs 40 crore in his affidavit filed before the Lok Sabha elections.