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Maharashtra CM orders probe against Ajit Pawar over irrigation scam

| | Dec 14, 2014, at 03:29 am
Mumbai, Dec 12 (IBNS): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday gave a nod to the states anti-corruption bureau to conduct an open enquiry against former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and state Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sunil Tatkare in connection with the irrigation scam, said reports.
Pawar and Tatkare were in charge of water resources department at different times during the Congress-NCP regime.
 
The Maharashtra Irrigation scam involved financial irregularities of Rs 70,000 crore.
 
The scam allegedly happened when Ajit Pawar was the deputy CM.
 
The allegations had surfaced after the 2012 Economic Survey had stated that the state's irrigation potential had increased by only 0.1 per cent during the past decade despite the huge amount of money spent on it.

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