"Congress's demand for sacking of these ministers (Mungantiwar and Tawde) following observations of the bench in connection with a PIL on November 30, is laughable and childish," State BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari told reporters here.
"The two ministers have been made respondents in the PIL filed by a Congress activist and they have not got notices as yet. The hearing in the Court is yet to begin and the ministers have not got chance to put their case before the court," he said.
He also said even though Makrand Vyavhare, facing charges of sexual abuse, is a relative of Mungantiwar, the government has taken action against him.
"The state government has no intention to protect anybody guilty in the case. During the 15-year-rule of Congress-NCP, former Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to NCP minister Gulabrao Devkar faced allegations of corruption against them. But, their resignations were not taken," he said.
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MPCC spokesperson Sachin Sawant had said by transferring
Abhimanyu Niswade, Dean of GMCH (Nagpur), he was penalised because he took action into the sexual harassment allegations against Makrand Vyawahare, brother-in-law of Mungantiwar.
Former vice dean, GMCH, Vyawahare, faced allegation of threatening a first year postgraduate student of forensic department, who allegedly tried to commit suicide on November 17. Later, a female student levelled allegation of sexual harassment against Vyawahare, following which he was dismissed from the vice dean's post.
As per the PIL filed in the case, an inhouse committee set up by Niswade found allegations against Vyawahare, true.
The court also said that if the allegations in the PIL are proved true, it will depict a sorry picture as to how, at the instance of ministers, efficient officers of the institution are made scapegoat and penalised only to protect relative of one of the ministers, Sawant had said.