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Issue of ex-Mumbai high cop’s letter now over for MVA: Raut

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Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut on Thursday stated the controversy surrounding former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh’s allegation of corruption towards Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh is now over for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities within the state.
He made the assertion whereas talking to reporters in New Delhi.
“The issue of that letter (written by Singh) is now over for the MVA government. Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has also welcomed any inquiry into this matter,” Raut stated.
“Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Anil Deshmukh were of the opinion that an inquiry be set up to probe the claims made by Singh in the letter. As a retired judge would be monitoring the inquiry, there is no need for removing Deshmukh from his post,” he stated including there isn’t any precedent for it.It could be clear who tried to malign the picture of the state, the Shiv Sena MP stated.
Singh had despatched an eight-page letter to Thackeray on March 20, claiming that Deshmukh wished law enforcement officials to gather Rs 100 crore month-to-month from bars and resorts.
However, the minister had refuted the allegation.
Raut additionally criticised Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for not taking any resolution on the names of 12 candidates really useful by the state cabinet for his or her nomination to the Legislative Council from his quota.

“Is the governor doing PhD on those 12 candidates? Does he want to achieve a record of sitting on the names for maximum number of days? He is not respecting the constitutionally-recommended names of 12 candidates,” he stated.

Reacting to a question associated to a Maharashtra BJP delegation assembly the governor on Wednesday, the Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member stated, “The opposition in Maharashtra should respect their post and duty. The opposition leader should act seriously, otherwise people will call them fools. They would become a laughing stock.”
The BJP delegation led by Devendra Fadnavis met the governor on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum, urging him to hunt a “status report” from the state chief secretary on the legislation and order state of affairs within the state.