Conducting probe against people in power shouldn’t be a problem: NCP leader Rohit Pawar on ex-IPS officer’s claim about 2010 land deal

MLA Rohit Pawar on Monday said there shouldn't be a problem in conducting a probe against people who are in power.

Mumbai: In light of former Pune police commissioner Meeran Chadha Borwankar’s allegation in her book against the then “district minister” over an auctioned police land, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Monday said there shouldn’t be a problem in conducting a probe against people who are in power.

In her book, ‘Madam Commissioner’, Borwankar has claimed that the then “district minister” had insisted in 2010 that she complete the process of handing over an auctioned plot belonging to her department to the winning bidder, who was later cited as an accused by the CBI in the 2G scam.

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Though the name of the district minister is not mentioned in the book, the retired IPS officer apparently points to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who had held the post of “guardian minister” of Pune district when a Congress-NCP government was in power in the state.

Rohit Pawar spoke to reporters in Pune on Monday regarding his Yuva Sangharsh Yatra, scheduled to begin on October 25 and culminate on December 7.

“I am in the opposition, and agencies, including the state pollution board and the income tax department, are carrying out a probe against me. There shouldn’t be any objection about conducting an inquiry against people who are in power (Ajit Pawar) in connection with the allegations,” he said.

The NCP leader further said though he was not privy to the details of the allegations, the person who has levelled the charges is a well-known and respected government officer and if the state government wants, it can verify her claims.