Ajit Pawar had joined the Maharashtra government in July this year along with eight other NCP MLAs. Anil Deshmukh alleged that BJP has given a contract to Ajit Pawar to end the political career of Sharad Pawar.
The meeting was reportedly attended by all 19 NCP MLAs who are still with Sharad Pawar. The party leaders are said to have discussed the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in detail.
Anil Deshmukh said that the purported proposal had come over two years ago, and also when he was jailed for alleged corruption charges.
Anil Deshmukh released from jail: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was released from Arthur road jail on Wednesday, December 28.
Anil Deshmukh case: The 73-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader was granted bail by Justice MS Karnik on December 12, but the order was stayed for ten days to give the CBI time to appeal it in the Supreme Court.
Deshmukh was granted bail by the Bombay HC last month. However, a special court of the CBI rejected Deshmukh's bail plea noting that there was prima facie evidence against him. However, Deshmukh had requested bail on medical grounds saying he had several ailments.
Anil Deshmukh money laundering case: 71-year-old former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh sought for bail days after he was granted bail by the Bombay high court on October 4 related to a money laundering case filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Money laundering case: On October 4, the high court granted bail to the former minister in the case observing two components of credits" in the bank account of his family trust were not the proceeds of crime.
Anil Deshmukh, despite being granted bail in a money laundering case registered by ED, will remain in custody in connection with the CBI case registered against him in April last year.
MVA leaders in jail: All these leaders have been kept in separate cells in Arthur Road Jail for security reasons and TV, carrom, books and other necessities have been provided to them in their barracks.
The two MLAs have been booked for offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and are in jail.
Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for the jailed lawmakers, submitted that not permitting the two from voting in MLC elections will effectively impact the rights of all voters who had elected the two lawmakers.
Both Deshmukh and Malik, senior NCP leaders, are in jail in connection with separate money laundering cases being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Anil Deshmukh is currently in judicial custody in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). He is lodged in the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.
The move comes a day after a special court in Mumbai allowed a plea of dismissed police officer Sachin Waze to turn an approver and seek pardon in the case.
Former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh had claimed that it was Deshmukh who forced him to collect Rs 100 crore every month from bars and restaurants in Mumbai. Singh accused Deshmukh of misusing his post.
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Singh had accused Deshmukh, then state home minister, of getting policemen to extort Rs 100 crore from bars and restaurants in the metropolis.
Special judge RN Rokade rejected his bail plea on Monday. There is "enough evidence" to prima facie hold that he was "involved" in the money laundering case, the judge said.
According to the CBI manual, a preliminary enquiry is initiated to assess if there is enough prima facie material in the allegations to proceed with a regular case for a full-fledged probe.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started recording the statement of Deshmukh from Thursday morning and the process will continue on Saturday as well, the prison official said.
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