Union Minister Backs Husband Amid Row
Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai|January 03, 2025
Apna Dal (S) president and Union minister of state Anupriya Patel on Thursday backed her husband, UP minister Ashish Patel, over corruption charges against him.
Press Trust of India

LUCKNOW:

Ashish said that he is ready to be sacked, but will not resign from his ministerial post.

Ashish Patel was accused by Pallavi Patel, an MLA from Sirathu and a leader of the Apna Dal (Kameravadi), of corruption in the appointments of department heads in the UP technical education department.

At a press conference, Ashish Patel alleged that he was under threat of an attack from state Special Task Force (STF) and dared the force to shoot him "in the chest".

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