Pune Land Deal Case Live Updates: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar speaks to mediapersons on Friday a day after the state government ordered a probe into a land deal linked to his son Parth. (Express Photo)Pune Land Deal Case Live Updates: Maharashtra Deputy CM and Nationalist Congress Party President Ajit Pawar Friday said while “not a single paisa was exchanged” in the Pune deal case linked to his son Parth, the agreement stood cancelled. Ajit said he has “always maintained that every decision or deal should be within rules,” and that he had asked the CM to go for an investigation on Thursday.
CM Fadnavis orders probe: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday created an inquiry panel to probe the charges of graft and irregularities in the Pune land deal, involving a company linked to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar. The Deputy CM had denied any role.
What’s the case? The deal pertains to 40 acres in the Mundhwa area of Pune city, near the upmarket Koregaon Park area. The Opposition has alleged that the land, reportedly worth ₹1,800 crore, was sold to Amedea Enterprises LLP, where Parth is a partner along with an individual identified as Digvijay Patil, for ₹300 crore with a stamp duty waiver of ₹21 crore. The land in question is a Mahar Watan land in Pune district.
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The land linked to the multi-hundred crore scam in Pune district is a Mahar Watan land.
Mahar Watan land is a term rooted in Maharashtra’s socio-historical land tenure system.
It refers to land that was traditionally granted to members of the Mahar (now in Scheduled Caste category) community as compensation for performing hereditary village duties under the old Watan system.
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The Pune Police has filed an FIR against multiple accused for irregularities in the multi-hundred crore land deal in Pune involving Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar, his associate Digvijay Patil and Sheetal Tejwani.
Patil and Tejwani are also directors of the firm involved in the scam.
Digvijay Patil, 25, is Sunetra Pawar’s nephew. Patil and Parth Pawar serve as directors of Maharashtra Redevelopment Construction LLP, Amadea Enterprises LLP, and Amadea Holdings LLP.
Sheetal Tejwani, on the other hand, was named in the FIR linked to the multi-crore Seva Vikas Bank loan fraud.
As announced by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, the sale deed undertaken by Amadea Enterprises LLP of his son Parth and Digvijay Patil, stands cancelled as per documents.
Ajit Pawar said, "For us rule is more important than power and post. Parth and Digvijay were not in know about the deal."
CM Devendra Fadnavis formed an inquiry committee to probe the allegations of graft in a Pune land deal, involving a company linked to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar and Digvijay Patil.
On the question why his son, Parth, has not been named in FIR, Ajit Pawar said, "The revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said, 'Those individuals who signed the deal were named in FIR.'"
There was no phone call from the Deputy CM's office made regarding any land deal. Nobody has put any pressure. Let there be probe. Let there be doodh ka doodh , pani ka pani. This is a government land. It is Mahar Watan land.
A high powered committee has been appointed today. The committee has been told to investigate and submit report within a month. As deputy CM I would like to tell all my officers to strictly adhere to rules. I have never supported any wrongdoing or violation of rules.
The media is reporting on violations in land deals of past in Baramati etc. In all these issues let there be thorough probe. In current land deal Pune, I will reiterate there was not a single rupee transaction . FIR has also been filed in the issue. I didn't know about the deal at all.
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar says all documents in land deal stand cancelled.
News reports had suggested that the Pune land deal was linked to Ajit's son Parth.
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar says he has "always maintained that every decision or deal should be within rules".
He tell mediapersons he had asked the CM Devendra Fadnavis to conduct a probe, "Yesterday, I also told CM to do investigation," he says.
Ajit Pawar says he has "never floured any rules in my three-decades-old" career.
Ajit Pawar says there was no phone call from the Deputy CM's office regarding any land deal. Nobody has put any pressure.
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said, "I will clarify my stand. I have never flouted any rules in my three decades old career. I have always maintained that every decision or deal should be within rules. I have never supported any wrong doing.
"Yesterday, I also told the Chief Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) to launch an investigation. In this issue there is not a single rupee transaction. All the documents in the land deal have been cancelled," he added.
Saying that he had never supported wrongdoing, Maharashtra Deputy CM and Nationalist Congress Party President Ajit Pawar Friday said he has “always maintained that every decision or deal should be within rules,” and that he asked the CM to go for an investigation.
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