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Pune Land Deal Scam: As a Pawar family member, Parth Pawar, landed in trouble with the revelation of the Pune land deal scam, a senior member of the family and NCP (SP) president, Sharad Pawar, reacted to the issue on Saturday. Senior Pawar, citing Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, backed the probe into the controversial land deal allegedly linked to the company of his grandnephew and son of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, Parth Pawar.

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He said, "The chief minister has said publicly that the matter is serious. So he should conduct a probe and put the facts before society."

What Is Pune Land Deal Scam?

The Pune land deal is linked to an illegal sale of 40 acres of government land in Pune's Mundhwa area, reportedly worth around Rs 1,800 crore, which Opposition leaders claim was purchased by a company linked to Parth for only Rs 300 crore with a stamp duty waiver.

What Is Parth's Father, Ajit Pawar's Stand On Issue?

Soon after Fadnavis' reaction that the matter is serious and a probe will be conducted, Ajit Pawar distanced himself from the transaction. He claimed that his son Parth was not aware that the land purchased by his firm in Pune belonged to the government.

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When asked if his nephew Ajit Pawar is being targeted politically by allies in Mahayuti, the senior Pawar said, "I wouldn't know."

Sharad Pawar also appeared not to agree with his daughter and NCP MP Supriya Sule's remarks on Parth. Sule had said she didn't think Parth would do anything wrong.

"This could be her (Supriya's) view," he said. He emphasised that the administration, politics, and family and different.

"As a family, we (Pawars) are one, but we are divided ideologically. One of my grand nephews had contested against Ajit Pawar, and Ajit Pawar 's wife had contested against my daughter," he said.

"We (NCP-SP) are meeting tomorrow and will take a call on our strategy and on inducting new partners in our fold," he said.

Earlier, the aunt of Parth, NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule, defended him saying, "I think there are mixed signals coming from the Maharashtra government. The Tehsildar is being removed. If it's government land, there's no right to sell it. So, how was the government land sold who sold the land? I request the chief minister of Maharashtra, with folded hands, to tell the truth."

(With PTI inputs)

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