NCP’s Malik seeks PM’s resignation over Ananth K. Hegde statement

Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Karnataka Ananth K. Hegde sparked off a major political controversy by alleging that in his 80 hours tenure, the former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis “moved Rs 40,000-crore back to the Centre”. This, he alleged, was done to prevent its “misuse” of these development funds by the new Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress government if it came to power.

“A CM has access to around Rs 40,000 crore from the Centre. He (Fadnavis) knew if Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena govt comes to power it would misuse funds meant for development. So it was decided that there should be a drama. Fadnavis became CM and in 15 hours he moved Rs 40,000 cr back to the Centre,” Hegde is reported to have said in Uttara Kannada late on Sunday.

He added: “You all know our man in Maharashtra became CM for 80 hours. Then, Fadnavis resigned. Why did he do this drama? Didn’t we know that we don’t have the majority and yet he became CM... This is the question everyone is asking.” Fadnavis immediately rubbished his party colleague’s allegations as preposterous and “100 percent baseless”. “I don’t know what he (Hegde) has said... I have not taken any such policy decisions as the CM. All such allegations are false,” Fadnavis said. (IANS)

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