Though there’s no active probe against Ajit Pawar yet, firms and bodies linked to him or headed by him in the past are facing probes by central agencies.
A quick look at his legal troubles:
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While Ajit Pawar was Water Resources Minister in previous Congress-NCP governments, irregularities surfaced in irrigation projects, including in Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) of which he was the chairperson. While he has not been named in any of the FIRs, Ajit is alleged to have intervened in the process of award of contracts.
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Satara’s Jarandeshwar Sahakari Sugar Karkhana worth over Rs 65 crore linked to Ajit Pawar was attached last year under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after the Enforcement Directorate alleged that Maharashtra Sahakari Cooperative Bank (MSCB) auctioned the sugar mill in 2010 at an undervalued price when Ajit Pawar was on the board of directors of MSCB. The ED alleged that the mill is under a proxy owner and the actual control of it is with…