Ajit Pawar Involved In Money Laundering, Owns 57 Companies: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya

Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya on Thursday hit out at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and said that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader is involved in money laundering and he is the owner of 57 companies.

Speaking to ANI, Somaiya said, “The properties of his family members are being raided for eight days. I think this should be the biggest raid by Income Tax. Earlier, the Income Tax Department had raided Pawar’s sisters. Houses were raided. After my own observation, I am able to reach a total of 57 companies opened by Pawar. He is also involved in money laundering.”

Explaining the reason behind the income tax raids on Pawar’s relatives, the BJP leader alleged that the NCP leader has opened companies in the name of his family members, hence the department is conducting raids on his family members.

“Ajit Pawar layered a dozen companies to hide the ‘real owner’ of Jarandeshwar sugar mill. But the matter is being probed after an order issued by the Mumbai High Court,” he said.

Taking a jibe at the Maharashtra government, Somaiya said, “Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar have betrayed the people of the state. People here would have been happy with the state government if the BJP was ruling the state.”

Earlier, Ajit Pawar said that the Income Tax Department raided the houses and companies of his three sisters and called them “politically motivated”.

“The Income Tax Department raided the houses and companies of my three sisters. I don’t know the reason behind it but these are ‘politically motivated’ raids. They are doing low-level politics. I feel bad,” he said.

(With ANI Inputs)

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