Sacked IAS trainee Puja Khedkar's father Dilip Khedkar's recent poll affidavit indicated his marital status as "divorced", which has sparked a controversy over his marital status. He's contesting the Maharashtra Assembly polls from the Ahmednagar South as an Independent candidate. However, his poll affidavit during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections declared him married to Manorama Khedkar.