Devendra Fadnavis, the CM of
Maharashtra has given his assent to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for
setting up a probe into the irrigation scam, which could land NCP leaders Ajit
Pawar and Sunil Tatkare into trouble.
Former Deputy CM of the state, Mr
Pawar, refuses to be affected by any such decision.
Ajit Pawar was the Water
Resources Minister between 1999 and 2009, and it was in the year 2009 that he
cleared 38 projects worth 20000 crores without seeking clearance of Governing
Council of Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC). Despite huge
expenditure, it appeared that there was no significant rise in irrigated land
in the state.
An SIT, headed by water resources
expert Madhav Chitale submitted a report on the issue earlier this year to the
then CM Prithviraj Chavan. The report clearly points a finger to misappropriate
usages of taxpayer’s money.
It is shocking that right after
that scam surfaced, a white paper was tabled on the Maha Assembly that gave Mr
Pawar a clean chit.
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