Court Upholds Sentence for Manikrao Kokate; MLA-ship, Ministership, Arrest Loom

• District Sessions Court upheld a two-year imprisonment sentence for State Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate in a 30-year-old flat scam case.
• The ruling puts his MLA-ship and ministership at risk, with a potential arrest looming.
• Kokate and his brother Sunil were accused of using fake documents to acquire a flat from the government's 10% quota between 1995-1997.
• Manikrao Kokate previously lost the agriculture portfolio for playing rummy and currently holds the Youth Welfare and Sports portfolio.
• The case, initiated by former minister Tukaram Dighole, has been ongoing for nearly three decades.

Why It Matters: Manikrao Kokate faces loss of MLA-ship and ministership after court upholds his two-year sentence in a 30-year-old flat scam.