India, April 4 -- Social activist Anjali Damania reinforced self-styled godman Ashok Kharat's links with the rich and powerful on Friday a she presented call records between Kharat and several key political figures in the state, apart from former state women's commission chief Rupali Chakankar, who resigned from the post after her association with Kharat came to light.

She claimed deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde received 17 calls from the rape-accused last year and made 7 calls; one of the calls lasted 21 minutes on April 17, 2025.

In a video message released to the media from Chandigarh, Damania claimed that Chakankar had made the highest number of calls to Kharat, while other figures who made frequent calls to the jailed godman ap...