PUNE: The state unit of BJP will approach the Union home ministry to seek an inquiry into sale of cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil told reporters on Friday.
He was speaking against the backdrop of action by the Enforcement Directorate, which has attached a sugar mill leased to a company related to deputy CM Ajit Pawar and his wife Sunetra. The action was part of a probe into a money laundering case involving Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB), an ED release said. “Jarandeshwar is the tip of the iceberg. I am writing a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah,” said Patil.
Patil further said the state should get empirical data about OBC and Maratha reservation. “The state authorities should undertake a survey to help define the ‘backwardness’ of the Maratha community and the percentage of OBCs,” Patil said.
