2019 redux- Ajit Pawar back as Maharashtra’s Deputy CM for 3rd time in 4 years

Ajit Pawar ‘s close aides and family members have been facing investigations by the Enforcement Directorate and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in their sugar cooperative units. In 2014, Devendra Fadnavis who was in the opposition, highlighted Ajit Pawar’s alleged involvement in the Rs 70,000 crore irrigation scam. It was during Ajit Pawar’s tenure as water resources minister that allegations of irregularities surfaced in irrigation projects in the state.