Artist accuses Rohit Pawar of not paying ₹16 lakh for artwork

A Pune-based artist Nilesh has accused NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar of not paying his dues for multiple artworks he did in his Assembly constituency.

He made wall paintings in Karjat Jamkhed in Ahmednagar, the Assembly constituency of Rohit Pawar. The work was done during the Covid period and the pending amount is ₹16 lakh.

He told news agency ANI, "My name is Nilesh. I do wall painting work. During the lockdown, Rohit Pawar and Amol Kolhe had come to inaugurate a painting of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that I had made on the wall. During the event, Rohit Pawar appreciated my work and said we would give you more work. Rohit Pawar used to do very good work for the youth then. I am from a poor family, coming from Solapur."