With a few of its leaders continuing to be under the scanner of mega irrigation scam that surfaced during the previous DF Government, the Opposition NCP on Thursday got back vehemently at the ruling BJP, by demanding to know from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as to why the approval of 307 irritation projects worth Rs 40,000 crore should not be construed as a ‘scam’.
Talking to media persons here, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik indirectly suggested that the Fadnavis Government had indulged in a “scam” by resorting to cost escalations in 307 irrigation projects through “Revised Administrative Approval (RAA)”. He demanded to know as to why the State Government had resorted to cost escalations of the projects and how much of money of increased cost it was passing to the contractors allegedly close to the ruling BJP leaders.
Malik charged that the ruling BJP, which had in the run-up to the 2014 State Assembly elections carried massive campaign against the then ruling NCP leaders over allegations of corruption in the approval of irrigation projects, had given administrative approval to 307 irrigation projects during the last three years.