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Barely 48 hours after Ajit Pawar was sworn-in as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, the irrigation scam case against him was officially closed . After all #Modi hai Toh Mumkin Hai
This is the reward it seems for backing Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister. Fadnavis before polls , it may be recalled promised to send Ajit Pawar to Arthur Road jail.
The scam, pegged at around Rs 70,000 crore, relates to alleged corruption and irregularities in approval and execution of various irrigation projects in Maharashtra during the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party rule.
Meanwhile , reacting on the clean chit, Congress spokesperson took a dig at Ajit Pawar after he is given clean chit in irrigation corruption case.
वो नारा क्या था?
कौन है तो मुमकिन है? https://t.co/dUGeDu4KrK— Pawan Khera (@Pawankhera) November 25, 2019
Ajit Pawar was among the NCP ministers who were in-charge of the irrigation department at different times between 1999 and 2014 during the Congress-NCP coalition rule in Maharashtra.
The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine, has accused the BJP of pressuring Ajit Pawar to switch sides or face Enforcement Directorate probes.
On September 24, the ED had registered a case of money laundering against Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and several others, triggering a political turmoil in Maharashtra ahead of the October 21 Assembly elections for 288 seats.
