Ashok Pawar

Ashok Pawar is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Shirur constituency in Maharashtra, affiliated with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He has been involved in local politics and recently faced controversy due to a connection with Dattatray Gade, a suspect in a high-profile rape case, after a photo of Gade appeared on a birthday poster for Pawar. He has denied any association with Gade and has called for a thorough police investigation into Gade's activities.