Refuting the allegation that an irrigation department contractor had sponsored his children’s weddings, minister of state for urban development Bhaskar Jadhav on Tuesday said that he would quit public life if the allegation was proved correct.
“If it is proved that an irrigation contractor named Shah spent for my children’s wedding, I will not let anyone ask for my resignation, (instead) I will quit political life,” he said.
Jadhav has come under scrutiny following the lavish weddings that were solemnised last week. On Monday, the IT department conducted raids in his properties at Chiplun in Ratnagiri and Karad in Satara.
Continuing its action on Tuesday, the department conducted raids at the properties of a person identified as PC Shah. The raids were carried out at his residential bungalow ‘Pushpak’ in Karad and his hotel ‘Pankaj’ on the Mumbai-Bangalore highway near Karad. Sources say that in a day-long search, teams of the department scrutinised some data stored in a computer.
In Chiplun, they recorded the statements of two persons identified as Joshi and Pilpile. Both own land the in partnership where the extravagant weddings had taken place.
@DNA
