Dharmendra Jore dharmendra. jore@ mid- day. com DESPITE Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray approving the transfer of Elgar Parishad and Koregaon Bhima case to the National Investigations Agency ( NIA), the NCP- controlled home department has decided to hold a parallel inquiry into the incidents.
In a meeting of the NCP members, party boss Sharad Pawar said that the home department would appoint a special investigation team ( SIT) to conduct a parallel probe.
u201c Pawar had given a letter to the state government to set up an SIT to probe these cases. The clause 10 of the NIA Act has a provision of creating a parallel SIT,u201d said party spokesperson and minister Nawab Malik.
Pawar had slammed the CMu2019s decision of transferring the case to NIA. He had said the Centre shifted the probe overnight because it wanted to hide something from the people.
u2018 Coordinate for stable govtu2019 In the same meeting, Pawar told the ministers that should work in coordination and avoid making statements that are detrimental to the MVA and create a rift between the party and the government. He said such matters were reported in the media and created an impression that the government faced issues created out of lack of coordination.
The NCP boss also reviewed the performance of party ministers and asked them to fulfil the assurances given in the manifesto.
Over the National Population Registry ( NPR) exercise, Malik said that the NCP was not opposed to it but wanted clarity on what kind of questionnaire should be given to the people.
u201c All three parties would decide the questionnaire,u201d he said.
NCP to appoint SIT after CM transfers case to NIA Koregaon Bhima case u2018 Pawar had given a letter to the state government to set up an SIT to probe these cases. The clause 10 of the NIA Act has a provision of creating a parallel SITu2019 Nawab Malik, NCP spokesperson and minister Nawab Malik
