Mumbai, July 8: Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Saturday reminded Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his recent remarks about `corruption’ of NCP leaders, and asked him to act against those who are guilty.
Modi should use all the powers at his disposal and punish the corrupt, he said at a rally at Yeola in Maharashtra’s Nashik district.
A week after his nephew Ajit Pawar rebelled against him and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state along with seven other MLAs including senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, Sharad Pawar started a statewide tour in an attempt to rally the cadre behind him.
Yeola, 250 km north of Mumbai, is Bhujbal’s Assembly constituency.
Speaking at a BJP program in Bhopal last month, prime minister Modi had accused the NCP of being involved in corruption of Rs 70,000 crore, listing out alleged scams in the Maharashtra Cooperative Bank as well as in the state’s irrigation and mining sectors.
“As the president of the NCP….I am saying this in public. If you think anyone is involved in corruption, then use all the powers at your disposal and probe the allegations thoroughly,” Pawar said, referring to the PM’s statements. (PTI)
