Stating that it won’t be ‘prudent’ for him to appear in person before the ED due to Covid, NCP leader Anil Deshmukh skipped the agency’s summons today
The ED had summoned Anil Deshmukh for questioning in a money laundering case related to an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket that led to his resignation in April.
The Enforcement Directorate summons for the NCP leader has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
NCP chief maintained that formation of any national alliance was not the topic of discussion at the meeting of eight opposition parties.
The series of meetings between the two have fuelled speculations of the NCP trying to create an alliance of Opposition parties to take on the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections.
The meeting did not involve any discussion on forming an electoral federal front without the Congress to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
NCP chief Sharad Pawar will chair an Opposition party meet on Tuesday
Discussion on forming a political alliance or federal front not on the cards but we will discuss issues of national and social importance for the country, says Sinha
According to reports, the NCP has not invited the Congress for the meeting on Tuesday
The meeting will most likely focus on the probability of holding Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, officials told PTI
Vaishali Made has been made a member of the NCP's film and culture cell
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik added that the decision has been discussed with the state cabinet and global tenders will be invited for vaccination.
'If the prime minister wants to take credit for vaccination, then he should also take responsibility for Covid-19 deaths,' NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said.
The gathering was addressed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar ahead of an Assembly bypoll in Pandharpur district.
Jammu and Kashmir has been without an Assembly since August 5, 2019, following the abrogation of Article 370 and the division of the state into two Union Territories.
Anil Deshmukh told the top court that oral allegations were made against him without any substance and a CBI probe was ordered by the high court without hearing him.
Pawar underwent an emergency endoscopy for the removal of a stone from his bile duct on March 30 at the Breach Candy Hospital
Slamming the BJP, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik alleged that such talk was the BJP's way of creating 'confusion'.
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