Mumbai: Maharashtra’s politics has become hot after the news of the meeting of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Sunday. Chances are being raised that once again some khichdi is cooking between BJP and NCP. When questioned in this matter, Home Minister Amit Shah himself said that everything cannot be made public.
This reply by Home Minister Shah has given further impetus to the new speculation in Maharashtra politics. He has not even denied this meeting in Ahmedabad. The secret meeting of two big leaders of the country’s politics a day before Holi is indicating a major reshuffle in the politics of Maharashtra.
According to sources, 2 NCP leaders visited Ahmedabad for a secret meeting with some businessman and interestingly Amit Shah also reached Ahmedabad during the same time. Shah’s reply has hinted that the meeting might turn significant in the coming days when the Maharashtra government is facing a new crisis as Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut trained guns on Anil Deshmukh claiming in his Saamna editorial that the NCP leader got the Maharashtra Home Minister’s chair by accident.
In the Shiv Sena mouthpiece column, Raut stated that Anil Deshmukh accidentally got the post of Home Minister. He further questioned how Deshmukh could be unaware of Sachin Vaze doing “vasooli” while sitting in Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office.
In his article, Sanjay Raut wrote, “If a junior officer like Sachin Vaze was running a (money) collection racket from the Mumbai police commissioner’s office, why was the home minister not aware of it?”
The Shiv Sena MP further attacked Deshmukh, saying that Anil Deshmukh had accidentally got the post of Home Minister. Jayant Patil and Dilip Walse refused to accept the post of Home Minister then Sharad Pawar handed it over to Deshmukh, he stated.
