Mumbai: Amid demand for Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s resignation after being accused of ‘corrupt malpractices’, a delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders led by former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Wednesday morning and submitted a memorandum requesting him to ship a report back to President Ram Nath Kovind on Maharashtra’s present scenario.
Post assembly the Governor, Fadnavis in a press convention questioned Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray for preserve silence on the political turmoil within the state.
Addressing the media, the previous Chief Minister alleged that the three-party ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi alliance is neither taking any motion towards state residence minister over corruption costs towards him nor speaking about it.
He went on to say that the ruling state authorities has misplaced ethical floor and democratic values. “While NCP leader Sharad Pawar continues to defend the minister, Shiv Sena chief and Congress are silent over the matter. There’s no moral responsibility.”
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut reiterated that the Maharashtra authorities didn’t do something flawed and dominated out Dekhmukh’s resignation and his involvement in ‘corrupt malpractices’.
Speaking over the Supreme Court listening to scheduled as we speak in reference to the previous Mumbai prime cop Param Bir Singh’s plea searching for CBI probe towards Deshmukh, Raut stated, “Everybody knows what happens in Supreme Court hearings. Former Supreme Court Judge is a member of Rajya Sabha these days. We are not scared of CBI investigation. Chief Minister is capable of taking stern decision.”
Citing the suspension of former Noida SSP Vaibhav Krishna, Raut stated “he sent a rate card to Prime Minister Modi for transfer posting in Uttar Pradesh. Did Home Secretary intervene that time?” ALSO READ: Who Is Rashmi Shukla And What Is The Alleged Transfer-Posting Racket In Maha Police All About?
The MP later accused the saffron social gathering of ‘enjoying khela’ in Maharashtra and stated, ‘that is tax-free leisure within the state.” He also called the Maharashtra Governor ‘BJP worker’
The Supreme Court is expected to hear former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh’s plea seeking an “impartial and fair investigation” by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh whom he has accused of numerous acts of alleged corruption and criminality. A two-judge bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and R S Reddy is likely to hear the petition today (Wednesday, March 24).
The former Mumbai top cop, in his petition before the apex court also challenged his transfer to the Home Guards stating this was done in an “arbitrary and illegal” manner without the completion of the minimum fixed tenure of two years.
