Fadnavis allows inquiry against Ajit Pawar, Tatkare in Maharashtra irrigation scam

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, Dec 12, 2014:  Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday accepted the proposal of the state’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to conduct an "open inquiry" against former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and state NCP president Sunil Tatkare in the multi-crore irrigation scam.

 

Fadnavis made an announcement to this effect in the Maharashtra Assembly today.

The decision to allow inquiries against former ministers from the Sharad Pawar-led party was made easy for Fadnavis after Shiv Sena joined the BJP government and the latter no longer required NCP’s “outside support” to run the government.

The proposal to conduct inquiry was wade by ACB when the state was under President’s rule prior to October Assembly Elections. The files were later transferred to the CM’s office.

The Home department has already given its nod for the inquiry.

Ajit Pawar and Tatkare were in charge of water resources department at different times during the Congress-NCP regime.

BJP, then in the opposition, had alleged irregularities in the irrigation projects and a Rs 70,000 crore scam.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews