Maharashtra BJP leader Prasad Lad claims Rs 3.20 crore from his MLC fund transferred using fake letterhead
Maharashtra Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde asked the government to address the issue of illegal transfer of MLC funds.
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Prasad Lad said he immediately filed a police complaint, and the transfer of money was stopped. (File photo)Maharashtra Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde on Wednesday directed the state administration to take immediate steps to stop the growing cases of illegal transfers of MLC funds by using fake signatures and letterheads of legislators after BJP MLC Prasad Lad raised the issue.
In the Council, Lad raised a point of information regarding the transfer of Rs 3.20 crore from his MLC fund without his consent, allegedly in an illegal manner. “I received a call from the Ratnagiri collector’s house about a letter from the Beed district on my letterhead with a list of 36 works for which Rs 3.20 crore from the legislator fund has been transferred. But I had never signed the letter, nor had my letterhead been given to anyone,” Lad told the Council.
“The police have identified the perpetrators in this case. There should be a thorough probe irrespective of the party affiliation of the accused,” demanded Lad. He said even his voice was used through AI on the telephone, and he sought urgent intervention from the state government to stop such fund theft.
Legislators from all parties said that they have all faced such attempts, and those are increasing every passing day. “Even I faced such an attempt when I was the minister. Other legislators like Uma Khapre, Niranjan Davkhare, too, have faced this,” said Chairman Shinde.
He added that he immediately filed a police complaint, and the transfer of money was stopped. Shinde directed that the state government should take immediate steps to prevent such theft of funds. “We have directed the state government. We are hopeful that necessary steps will be taken,” said Shinde.
“There has to be some policy decision on this issue. Technical sides need to be fixed and the state government must take strong action,” added Shinde.
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