Gautam Adani was part of BJP-NCP meetings in 2019, claims Ajit Pawar
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also present at the gatherings, the Maharashtra deputy chief minister told ‘The News Minute-Newslaundry’.
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Industrialist Gautam Adani was present during meetings between leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the undivided Nationalist Congress Party five years ago, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar told The News Minute-Newslaundry in an interview published on Monday.
Pawar was asked a question about his shifting political allegiances after the 2019 Assembly elections in Maharashtra. The Nationalist Congress Party leader then mentioned a series of meetings that took place around November 2019, before BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as chief minister and Pawar as his deputy.
“It has been five years,” said Pawar. “Everyone knows where the meeting happened, that it happened in Delhi at a businessman’s house.” Pawar said that a total of five meetings were held at the time.
“Everyone was there,” he said. “Let me tell you again. [Union Home Minister] Amit Shah, Gautam Adani, [Nationalist Congress Party leader] Praful Patel, [BJP leader] Devendra Fadnavis, and [Nationalist Congress Party chief at the time] Sharad Pawar. Everyone was there.”
Pawar added: “Everything was decided. The blame has fallen on me. I have taken the blame and let others be safe.”
This was in reference to the meetings that took place when Pawar tried to split the Nationalist Congress Party in 2019 and partner with the BJP to form the government in...
