BJP attempting to defame NCP leaders: Jayant Patil on I-T raids towards Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s household

Maharashtra cupboard minister Jayant Patil on Thursday claimed that the BJP was attempting to defame NCP leaders, after the Earnings Tax division raided some companies linked to members of the family of state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and a few actual property builders on costs of alleged tax evasion. Searches are being performed in Mumbai, Pune, Satara and some different cities in Maharashtra and Goa, official sources stated.

The premises linked to enterprise teams reminiscent of DB Realty, Shivalik, Jarandeshwar Sahkari Sugar Karkhana (Jarandeshwar SSK) and companies linked to Pawar’s sisters are being coated below the continuing operation, the sources stated.

Some paperwork have been recovered and are being studied, they stated.

Speaking to reporters in Pune, Patil, who’s the additionally state NCP president, stated, “I’ve been saying for a very long time that BJP leaders take the names of our leaders and actions by ED, Earnings Tax, CBI observe. There isn’t any doubt left that it has been the BJP’s conspiracy to defame our leaders.” He questioned why the BJP was so “afraid” of the NCP.

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP shares energy with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra.

On Wednesday, BJP chief and former MP Kirit Somaiya had visited the Jarandeshwar SSK in Satara and likewise Baramati city in Pune, from the place Ajit Pawar is an MLA.

Ajit Pawar, who can be the state’s finance minister, on Thursday stated some entities linked to him have been raided.

The NCP chief stated he had no drawback with the Earnings Tax division raiding corporations linked to him, however he was upset that his three sisters have been dragged into this.

The Jarandeshwar SSK was in information lately, after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in July hooked up over Rs 65 crore value of land, constructing, plant and equipment of its sugar mill at Chimangaon-Koregaon in Satara below the anti-money laundering regulation.

The ED had claimed that the cooperative-run sugar mill was linked to Ajit Pawar and his household.