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NORTH AmERIcAN Newsline                                               NOVEMBER 20, 2020  |        The Indian Eye                          21
























































        Ajay Patil, edison councilman, faces new legal issues in fake flyer case



                                It’s a political report than a committee decision, says Patil


        Our Bureau                                                                                                    with helping Shi, the report said.

        Edison, NJ                                                                                                    The fine levied against Patil was
                                                                                                                      a symbolic $100.
                dison Councilman Ajay                                                                                     Patil has denied all charges.
                Patil is facing some                                                                                      “Welcome to the Edison
        Eadded legal issues after                                                                                     Politics where people seeking
        the Edison Ethics Board vot-                                                                                  for the office for their election
        ed unanimously to fine him for                                                                                or re-election would go to any
        leaving off properties he owns                                                                                extent  that  includes  character
        in town off his personal finan-                                                                               assassination, using their pow-
        cial disclosure, according to a                                                                               er and situation for the politi-
        report in New Jersey Globe                                                                                    cal gain, use their resources to
        website. The ethics panel con-                                                                                push others down,” Patil said, as
        tinues to consider allegations                                                                                per the report.  “This report is
        that Patil failed to disclose his                                                                             not from the committee which
        ties to a shadowy political action                                                                            heard everything and asked for
        committee, People for Progress,  over our school board,” it said.        decision, the Ethics Board de- the proofs which I gave and
        the report said.                        “The Chinese and Indians  cided to punt on that issue since  committee did agree that it was a
            Patil, as per the report, is one  are taking over our Town!  Chi- it’s the “subject of separate on- technical mistake. However, re-
        of the Edison Eight, which face  nese School! Indian School!  going investigation(s) by the  port states many things that are
        a probe after allegedly partici- Cricket  Fields,”  the  flyer  said.  U.S. Postal Inspection Service,  irrelevant — as it’s a political re-
        pating in a scheme to send out  “Enough is Enough.”                      the  New  Jersey  Office  of  the  port than a committee decision.
        allegedly fake racist flyer aimed       As per the report, the PAC  Attorney General, and/or other  I will have all these things an-
        at inciting the township’s Asian  treasurer, Cesar Suarez, is a  applicable law enforcement au- swered publicly unearthing di-
        American community in a 2017  tenant at the one of the proper- thorities.”                                    rect and indirect relationship of
        school board race. The mailer –  ties owned by Patil that he didn’t          Now there are allegations  the involved people in making
        “Make Edison Great Again” –  disclose.  State law requires dis- that the PAC, whose treasurer  political opponent look bad,” he
        urged voters to “Stop Jerry Shi  closure of all major assets for lo- is a politically uninvolved tenant  added, as per the report on New
        and Falguni Patel from taking  cal elected officials. In a written  of Patil, was somehow involved  Jersey Globe website.


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