New Delhi: Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday (March 23, 2021) hit out on the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities and stated that ‘what’s happening in Maharashtra is not ‘vikas’ (growth), however it is ‘vasooli’ (extortion). Prasad’s feedback got here amid the controversy over the corruption allegations on the Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
The Union Minister additionally alleged {that a} ‘Khela’ is happening in Maharashtra too.Â
He stated, “The Maharashtra authorities is ‘of extortion (vasooli), by extortion and for extortion’.Â
Prasad stated that the Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities has misplaced ethical authority to manipulate.Â
He additionally slammed Sharad Pawar and stated that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo’s political credibility has been dented after he was compelled to talk patent falsehood.
Earlier on Saturday, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh wrote a letter to Uddhav Thackeray and alleged that Anil Deshmukh had indulged in ‘malpractice’ and requested the suspended API Sachin Vaze to gather Rs 100 crore each month.
In his letter, Singh acknowledged, ‘Anil Deshmukh had requested Sachin Vaze to make a group. Vaze himself advised me about it.”
Singh additionally alleged that Maharashtra Home Minister had referred to as Sachin Vaze at his authorities residence a number of instances and had set a goal of Rs 100 crore each month.Â
“Deshmukh had told me that there are 1750 more restaurants in Mumbai and if every restaurant pays Rs 2-3 lakh a month, then Rs 50 crores can be generated, the remaining amount can be collected from the other establishments,” Singh wrote.
The allegations made by Singh got here a day after Deshmukh had stated that Singh was moved out as Mumbai Police Commissioner in order that circumstances pertaining to Vaze had been probed with out obstruction.
