New Delhi: Congress Paty leader Prithviraj Chavanthe former Maharashtra Chief Minister demanded the immediate dismissal of Housing Minister Prakash Mehta on Monday and institution of a judicial inquiry into the land scams committed by him in Mumbai in the name of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
As an inquiry is already ordered by the CMFadnavis against him but it is in his own sitting minister which is unprecedented and result is zero yield and to obtent the results it has to be a judicial inquiry, Chavan asserted at an AICC Press briefing here. This is the second such inquiry, the first ordered against then Revenue Minister EknathKhadke, who had to resign unlike Mehta continuing in the post.
He also sought a probe into the massive scam of clearance of 137 critical files of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) by an officer in the last two weeks of his tenure before retirement. The officer was brought in to head SRA only few weeks before his retirement.
The former CM also sought a probe to expose the developer who has been corrupting the entire system, right from the ministers to all those having powers in the government, and probe all his works to expose those having nexus with him.
Chavan also released the documents to show the irregularities allegedly committed by minister Mehta ignoring the officers’’ advice and encroaching upon the powers of the SRA. He wondered why the CM was not dismissing Mehta who misused his name for the scams, writing on the files that the CM has been “apprised” (avgatkaraya). The CM admitted in the Assembly that he has neither approved the proposals nor even seen the files.
The mystery remains whether Mehta is lying to apprise the CM or whether the CM trying to wriggle out by denying his consent in view of the scams coming to light, Chavan said, pointing out that the prima facie case has been established by sheer inquiry instituted by the chief minister.
