December 2012

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar resigned on 25 September 2012 after the alleged corruption charges on him in awarding irrigation projects when he was state’s water resource minister. It was alleged that there were discrepancy committed in granting administrative approvals to projects involving several crore of rupees during his tenure as an Irrigation Minister between 1999 and 2009. Alleagation claim that Ajit Pawar had approved 38 projects worth Rs 20,000 crore in 2009 without clearance of governing council of Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC). It was also alleged that tenders were approved at higher rates but Pawar has absolutely overthrown the charges. Ajit Pawar has also held Finance and Energy portfolios in the Prithviraj Chavan government before his resignation. With the resignation of Ajit Pawar all NCP Ministers in the Congress-led government submitted their resignations to the party’s State Unit Chief Madhukar Pichad. Ajit Pawar had demanded a white paper on the irrigation projects and an investigation into all the allegations. Ajit Pawar is also going to be the leader of NCP legislature party as long as he enjoyed the support of the legislators.

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