Last Updated on 29/07/2024 by Ankita Jain
Pradeep Sharma’s wife Svikriti Pradeep Sharma has joined the Shiv Sena party led by Eknath Shinde. During this, the Chief Minister and party president Eknath Shinde himself were also present. Svikriti Sharma is the vice-president of the NGO PS Foundation run by her husband. It is being told that she can contest the assembly elections from Andheri East seat of Mumbai.
Svikriti Sharma’s husband Pradeep Sharma had earlier contested from Nallasopara assembly seat on an undivided Shiv Sena ticket but lost. Interestingly, in 2021, when Pradeep Sharma’s name cropped up in the Antilia bomb case, the BJP had attacked the undivided Shiv Sena. However, the party later split, and the Shinde-led Shiv Sena is currently an ally of the BJP.
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Who is Pradeep Sharma?
Pradeep Sharma is a former Mumbai police officer who made a name for himself as an encounter specialist. He has previously been involved in several high-profile cases, including the controversial Antilia bomb scare case, in which an explosives-laden vehicle was found near billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s home.
In 2019, he contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections from Nallasopara constituency as a Shiv Sena candidate, but lost. He was convicted in the Lakhan Bhaiya encounter case and was sentenced in the case. However, the Supreme Court suspended his sentence.
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When Pradeep Sharma campaigned for the elections
In the recent Lok Sabha elections, Pradeep Sharma campaigned for Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena party candidate Ravindra Waikar. However, Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey had targeted the BJP over this. He had then said that the BJP and its allies are taking “support of criminals” because the people are not with them.