'Conduct narco test on Ajit Pawar'

Stepping up his attack on the deputy chief minister for warning droughtafflicted villagers to vote for NCPrsquos Supriya Sule or lose whatever water supply they get Rashtriya Samaj PartyMahayuti candidate Mahadev Jankar from Baramati has demanded a narcoanalysis and voice detector test on Ajit Pawar in addition to a thorough CBI enquiryDammed mockery Ajit Pawar had taunted a farmer from a droughthit village while he was on hunger strike saying ldquoIf there is no water in the dam should we urinate into itrdquo Below Mahadev Jankar File PicldquoAjit Pawar is pressurising the police department We believe that Maharashtra police including the state CID will not be able to conduct an impartial probe in this case So we are demanding Pawarrsquos resignation and a CBI enquiry in this matter We have also asked for a narcoanalysis and a voice detector test on Pawarrdquo Jankar told middayOn the basis of a complaint filed at WadgaonNimbalkar police station by Aam Aadmi Party candidate Suresh Khopade the Pune Rural police registered a noncognisable offence against Pawar on the charge of threatening youths in Masalwadi who had questioned him about the water crisis in their village and nearby areasA reactionary Pawar allegedly threatened them with cutting the water supply top their droughthit areas altogether if they didnrsquot vote for sitting MP Sule in the elections held on April 17 A video clip of the incident recorded by a local who reportedly attended a gathering called by Pawar hours before voting started in Baramati is being widely circulated on social mediaCops defend PawarNonetheless Baramatirsquos deputy superintendent of police Sambhaji Kadam in his preliminary enquiry has given a clean chit to Pawar stating that the deputy chief minister had not held any public meeting in the village on April 16 While conducting enquiry Pune Rural police had however did not take the clip into considerationAsked about the veracity of the video Superintendent of Police Manojkumar Lohiya told midday on Saturday that it was not considered while conducting the preliminary enquiry ldquoThe aggrieved party should approach the court in this regard as the police canrsquot take suo motu action in this caserdquo the SP saidlsquoCome cleanrsquoAfter the policersquos negation Jankar visited Masalwadi and addressed a public rally on Sunday after which he called a press conference in Baramati where he demanded Pawarrsquos resignation and a CBI inquiry in the caseldquoPawar should come clean on the issue by letting a competent investigative agency probe the matter Let the police find out the mobile tower locations of Ajit Pawar and his personal assistant which will establish their movements in the villages on the night of April 16rdquo Jankar saidldquoPawar should resign from the post of deputy chief minister He is influencing the police probe in this case We donrsquot believe that the Pune Rural police and the state CID will be impartial while conducting an inquiry against Pawar as the home department of the state government is with his party the Nationalist Congress Party NCP So we are demanding a CBI enquiryrdquo he saidPoliticians from BJP and Shiv Sena mdash Prithviraj Jachak Vijayrao More Satishbhaiyya Kakade mdash were also present for the conferenceAjit Pawar remained unavailable for comment despite repeated attempts to reach him on his mobile