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Armed with ‘clean chit’, Ajit Pawar back as Dy CM

Posted On Friday, December 07, 2012 at 09:05:00 AM

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A week after a government white paper on irrigation gave Ajit Pawar a clean chit, the senior NCP leader is all set to return as Maharashtra deputy chief minister on Friday, a move denounced by the Opposition which demanded he face a probe. Pawar, nephew of NCP president and Union Minister Sharad Pawar, will be sworn in at Raj Bhavan at 10 am on Friday, sources close to the leader said.

The dramatic announcement of resignation of Pawar on September 25, in the wake of allegations of corruption in irrigation projects, had plunged the state’s Congress-NCP government into a crisis with all other 19 party ministers offering to quit.

Pawar, 53, had resigned after media reports alleged he had arbitrarily awarded irrigation contracts worth over Rs 20,000 crore when he was the State irrigation minister in 1999-2009, before he was elevated to deputy chief minister and handled plum finance and energy portfolios.

Meanwhile, Opposition BJP and Shiv Sena have reacted sharply to the impending reinduction of Pawar and demanded that he face a probe by a Special Investigation Team.

The white paper, presented by the irrigation department to the state cabinet on November 29, had claimed a 28 per cent increase in irrigation potential in Maharashtra in the last 10 years. It was described as a status paper on irrigation and not an investigation report.

Ever since the white paper gave a virtual clean chit to Ajit Pawar, the chorus for his return had been growing louder and it was only a matter of time before he was brought back as deputy chief minister.


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