Where do you get this kind of crap from??
4 time MLA a law degree and masters in political sciences and a minister in various cabinets and the post of Governor she has held!
SOURCE WIKIPEDIA
THIS IS SOMETHING ABOUT PRATIBHA PATIL
Public Interest Litigation was filed before the Supreme Court of India challenging her 2007 presidential nomination. The claim was referred to the various allegations against Patil and her family members and sought the cancellation of her nomination papers on the constitutional grounds of her being an undischarged bankrupt who had not cleared a debt to the public exchequer and others.[16][17]
The court ruled that it could not act on unsubstantiated allegations, and rejected the petition as being without merit at the admission stage.[18][19] Furthermore, it queried the intention of the petitioner and said that it was more of a "private interest litigation".[20] The court ruled:
“ This petition is filed under Article 32 of the Constitution. We find no ground to interfere and exercise our jurisdiction. However, this will not prevent the petitioner from approaching appropriate authorities for redressal of his grievances.[21] ”
The petitioner then approached the Election Commission of India seeking her disqualification. The Election Commission response was that:
“ The question whether a person has become insolvent and whether he/she is still an undischarged insolvent has to be decided by the competent insolvency court under the provisions of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920, and not by the Commission. The Commission is not the appropriate forum. No action is called for on the part of the Commission on your representation.[18] ”
Following this, the petitioner again approached the court, contending that the Election Commission had not applied its mind to the matter,[clarification needed] and sought quashing of the commission's order.[18][clarification needed]
In another case a Delhi-based NGO has also filed a petition[when?] before the Delhi High Court alleging that Patil being Managing Trustee of Mumbai-based Shram Sadhana Bombay Trust, which is under the control of state government, was holding the office of profit making her ineligible to contest the President's election.[22] The High Court deferred the hearing until after election.[clarification needed]
[edit]Refutation
The leaders of Indian National Congress and Indian left tried to repudiate these charges.[23] They have also said that these issues have never been raised in the past while she was a deputy chairwoman of the Rajya Sabha, or during her tenure as a governor. They accused the BJP of launching a "malicious, unsubstantiated and deliberate" slanderous campaign just to damage her reputation.[24][25][26] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defended Pratibha Patil and dismissed the charges as "mud-slinging".[27] On Monday 2 July 2007 breaking her silence Patil described the allegations leveled against her as "false, malicious and baseless".[28]
Prominent and controversial allegations against her are:
[edit]Allegations of shielding her brother on a murder charge
Main article: Vishram Patil murder case
On 22 June 2007, Rajni Patil, a professor at a Jalgaon college, claimed that Pratibha Patil's brother G.N.Patil was the person who had murdered her husband, Jalgaon congressman Vishram G Patil. She accused Pratibha Patil of shielding her brother. She further said that she had provided details of her allegations to Sonia Gandhi and President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam. Copies of her letter to the President were distributed to the press by Sudheendra Kulkarni, an aide of Leader of the Opposition L. K. Advani.[29][30]
On 13 July 2007 Rajani Patil petitioned the Bombay High Court, demanding that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigate Pratibha Patil and her brother in connection with the allegations before the presidential election. The court directed the CBI accordingly in order to remove the possibility that presidential immunity might come into play if Prabitha Patil were elected.[31][clarification needed]
The lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani said that two CDs have surfaced which contain incriminating material against Patil's brother. The CDs contain footage of the elections for the district Congress presidentship in Jalgaon. Jethmalani offered to place both CDs on record, saying "These contain vital information showing the political link behind the murder."[32]
[edit]Pratibha Women Cooperative Bank
Main article: Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank
Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank was a cooperative bank set up by Patil in 1973 to empower women.[citation needed] The license for it to operate as a bank was revoked in 2003 by the Reserve Bank of India for alleged financial irregularities. Among the irregularities listed were the loans policy of the bank and loan interest waivers given, among others, to Patil's relatives.[33] Patil was one of the chairpersons of the bank and a number of her relatives were also directors.[citation needed]
She is currently[when?] one of 34 respondents in a legal case at the Bombay High Court relating to allegations of mismanagement of the bank and misappropriation of funds by its directors.[34][35]
In her defence, her supporters point out that she was not the founding president[36] of the bank, and that she held the job of the chairwoman for a little over a month.[37] They also point out that the RBI has never mentioned Patil's name in the report, and the court has not charge-sheeted her.[38] Communist leader A.B. Bardhan cast doubts on the credibility of the official employees' union of the bank, which has been highlighting the issue of mismanagement since 2002, drawing attention to the fact that it is associated with the BMS union led by the BJP.[38]
[edit]Sant Muktabai Cooperative Sugar Factory
Main article: Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana
A cooperative sugar factory – Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana – of which Pratibha was a founder member, was declared a defaulter for failing to repay a Rs 17.5 crore (Rs 175 million) bank loan.[39] Pratibha Patil had been its chairwoman and director until she became the Governor of Rajasthan.[40] The loan was taken in 1994 when Pratibha was its chairwoman, but the factory has failed to repay the full amount. The bank sealed the factory on 23 January 2007 after issuing many reminders. This was the second occasion the mill had been sealed. Earlier, it was sealed in January 2006, but was reopened after the board of directors headed by G. N. Patil – younger brother of Pratibha Patil – requested for an opportunity to improve the performance of the mill.[41]
In 2002 the chief commissioner of central excise and customs, Pune, issued notice to the factory for evading excise duty resulting from diversion of export-oriented sugar by the factory into domestic market.
Dubbing as "malign campaign" the allegations, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, defended Pratibha and noted that there was never any enquiry under Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act against her. He also pointed out that as many as 74 mills were issued notices in December 2006, and it was "unfortunate that only one particular case has been brought up in the media". Pawar said most of the mills had failed to repay the loans because of persistent drought affecting sugarcane production, leading these mills to go sick.[42]
Nevertheless in 2007, Manohar Lal Sharma, an independent advocate, filed a public interest litigation petition in the Supreme Court alleging that Mrs Pratibha Patil was an undischarged insolvent relating to the Sant Muktabai Sugar Factory and hence disqualified to remain in the office of the presidency.[43]
PARTY LOYALTY
In February 2011, Rajasthan state minister Amin Khan addressing a meeting of the district INC party was quoted by the local media[44] as saying Pratibha Patil was rewarded with the presidency because "she used to make tea and cook food at Indira Gandhi's residence" without expecting anything in return.[45] Khan later said that he was misquoted and did not mean any disrespect, and resigned from his post over the controversy.[46]
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