Arjun Khotkar

Arjun Panditrao Khotkar is an Indian politician from Ekanath Shinde's Shiv Sena. He was a MLA elected from Jalna in Marathwada as a member of Shiv Sena. He has been elected four times to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 1990, 1995, 2004 and 2014. On 25 November 2017, his 2014 election from Jalna constituency was declared void by Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court for filing his nomination papers after deadline has ended.

Controversies

Case

Justice T V Nalawade of the Aurangabad bench passed the order on an election petition by Kailash Gorantyal of the Congress party who had contested against Khotkar.

Accusations

The AAP leader Preeti Sharma Menon claimed that Arjun Khotkar, the Sena MLA from Jalna and Chairman of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee in Jalna had fraudulently taken over more than 200 shops in Jalna and had distributed amongst his family and friends.