New Delhi, Oct. 31: The Maharashtra’s beleaguered, Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Chavan is said to be dragging in the names of senior Congress-NCP leaders into the controversial Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai to save his position.
His strategy might just have worked to some extent — with the Union ministers, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, and Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, the state revenue minister. Mr Narayan Rane, and the state water resources minister, Mr Ajit Pawar, (from the NCP) trying to put the record straight on the issue on Sunday.
On Sunday night, Mr Antony met the Congress’ key troubleshooter and finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, to discuss the scam. They constitute the two-member committee set up by Mrs Gandhi to probe the matter. After the meeting, Mr Mukherjee told reporters that “more time would be required” to reach a decision on the matter. “We are going through the documents,” he said.
But at the same time, the high-level party panel indicated that it would not take unduly long either.