Mumbai : Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik has alleged some people are trying to frame him in a false case. The Nationalist Congress Party, or NCP, leader yesterday tweeted photos of what he claimed were men who have been going on rounds near his Mumbai home for a recce on him.
Mr Malik, who has been attacking the centre on the Narcotics Control Bureau’s handling of the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case as a weapon to tarnish Maharashtra, has now alleged some people are trying to frame him “like Anil Deshmukh.”
Mr Deshmukh is also an NCP leader and former Maharashtra Home Minister; he faces money laundering charges and is being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 8 (ANI): In a veiled attack on the BJP-led Central government, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday alleged Enforcement Directorate's (ED) actions against various Maharashtra leaders is an attempt to "discourage political opponents" and to encroach upon the rights of the state government.