File picture of Vijay Waddetiwar
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Senior Congress chief Vijay Waddetiwar on Saturday (November 15, 2025) demanded a judicial inquiry by a Excessive Courtroom choose into the alleged irregularities within the Pune land deal involving an organization linked to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s son, Parth Pawar.
The Congress Legislature Get together chief has written a letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in search of a “impartial, impartial and detailed” investigation, alleging that the federal government has been “deceptive” individuals on the problem.
He claimed that the motion taken towards two Tehsildars was linked to a different matter and to not the disputed land buy.
“All officers concerned within the buy of watan land should face motion,” he stated, including that senior officers can not escape accountability, and the district collector and the sub-divisional officer (SDO) can not wash their fingers of this case.
“The irregularity occurred with the involvement of officers from the Collectorate downwards. In such a state of affairs, how can the Collector be on the inquiry committee?” he questioned.
He demanded that the present probe panel is a farce, which ought to be scrapped instantly.
“The federal government mustn’t defend anybody. The federal government should order a judicial inquiry underneath the chairmanship of a Excessive Courtroom choose,” the CLP chief added.
The deal has been underneath scrutiny for the alleged buy of a first-rate “Mahar Vatan” land within the Mundhwa space of Pune, reportedly price ₹1,800 crore, for ₹300 crore.
The federal government has fashioned an investigation committee at the same time as Ajit Pawar had declared that the deal had been scrapped.
Printed – November 15, 2025 06:03 pm IST
