Just a day after the Bombay High Court (HC) directed the police to file an FIR against former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and 75 others in the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB) scam within five days, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA denied his involvement in the matter. "I did not attend the bank's meetings in the past five years. The court directives and notices come only when the elections approach," Pawar said. Reacting to the HC directive, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said no accused would be spared. "We will follow the court's direction," he added.

Most of the accused in the case belonged to the NCP while the others were associated with the BJP, Shiv Sena, Congress and other political parties when the probe started. Some of them passed away in the course of the investigation being conducted the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing. Of the 77 MSC Bank directors, 56 belonged to the NCP alone. They have been accused of causing losses to the tune of '1,000 crore to the MSCB between 2007-11.