Maharashtra opposition to feast on controversies
10 Dec 2012 4:48 PM IST
A feast of controversies awaits the Maharashtra opposition to put the ruling Congress-NCP coalition government on the mat during the fortnight-long winter session of the legislature starting here Monday.
Days before the session, the opposition Shiv Sena-BJP-MNS combine has already made clear its aggressive attitude on several issues, the prime being the alleged Rs.20,000-crore scam in the state irrigation department.
The opposition swords have been further sharpened with the reinduction of Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister 10 weeks after he quit the cabinet and just three days before the session.
The opposition will also question the ‘White Paper’ on the irrigation department and the ‘clean chit’ to Pawar which enabled his return to the ministry.
Leaders of Opposition Eknath Khadse in the house and Vinod Tawde in the council, both from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have termed the report as a ‘black paper’ and demanded that Special Investigation Team should probe the irrigation department, headed by Ajit Pawar for 10 years.
Until the probe is ordered, they have threatened to disrupt the house proceedings.
Besides Pawar, NCP leader and Tourism and PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal too will be targeted for his alleged role in irregularities in the construction of new Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.
Another target could be former minister of state Gulabrao Deokar who has been embroiled in the 15-year-old Jalgaon housing scam.
Days before the session, the opposition Shiv Sena-BJP-MNS combine has already made clear its aggressive attitude on several issues, the prime being the alleged Rs.20,000-crore scam in the state irrigation department.
The opposition swords have been further sharpened with the reinduction of Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister 10 weeks after he quit the cabinet and just three days before the session.
The opposition will also question the ‘White Paper’ on the irrigation department and the ‘clean chit’ to Pawar which enabled his return to the ministry.
Leaders of Opposition Eknath Khadse in the house and Vinod Tawde in the council, both from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have termed the report as a ‘black paper’ and demanded that Special Investigation Team should probe the irrigation department, headed by Ajit Pawar for 10 years.
Until the probe is ordered, they have threatened to disrupt the house proceedings.
Besides Pawar, NCP leader and Tourism and PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal too will be targeted for his alleged role in irregularities in the construction of new Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi.
Another target could be former minister of state Gulabrao Deokar who has been embroiled in the 15-year-old Jalgaon housing scam.
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