An impartial inquiry when a scam surfaces is definitely in the public interest, but the ongoing crisis in the Congress-led Democratic Front government over the irrigation scam can certainly not be called good for the state.

Government functioning was paralysed yesterday as NCP ministers did not turn up at their offices in Mantralaya. It was a show of support for their leader Ajit Pawar, who sent his letter of resignation from the post of deputy CM on Tuesday.