Ajit Pawar gets clean chit after joining hand with BJP

Mumbai: Two days after NCP leader Ajit Pawar tied up with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra, the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has closed all the nine cases in the 70,000-crore irrigation scam. The ACB closed its file of inquiry, according to the report.

This dramatic development comes just 48 hours after the NCP leader extended his support to the state BJP, and was sworn in as the deputy of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. As per the document, dated 25 November, 2019, which was sent by the ACB’s Bipin Kumar Singh to the Amaravati superintendent of police, the nine cases have been closed.

“In the future, the inquiry can be reopened on the orders of the court or government.” the letter reads. ACB DG Paramvir Singh, speaking to News18, said none of these closed inquiries have to do with Ajit Pawar and none of the FIRs have been cancelled. “Forty-five inquiries have been closed till now. Twenty-four FIRs still stand. None of them have been cancelled. The inquiry is on,” Singh said.

After remaining ensconced in his South Mumbai residence throughout Sunday, Ajit met Fadnavis late at night and held closed-door discussions. Senior BJP leaders Chandrakant Patil, Vinod Tawade and Girish Mahajan attended the meeting held at the official residence of the chief minister, the party sources said.