‘Ajit was blackmailed… he has put Fadnavis in bigger trouble’: Jayant Patil

In an exclusive interrogation with The Indian Express, Patil said, “You (Fadnavis) made an allegation against Ajit Pawar portion successful opposition, probed him aft coming to powerfulness and showed him the record accusing R R Patil. It means that efforts had been ongoing to substance the infighting successful our enactment since then. Secondly, by showing him the file, Ajit Pawar was blackmailed for 10 years. It shows wherefore again and again helium wanted to spell to the BJP. Ajit Pawar was blackmailed.”

Patil added that Ajit Pawar’s connection has enactment Devendra Fadnavis successful bigger occupation by exposing his operating style.

“I deliberation helium (Ajit Pawar) himself is cornered due to the fact that of it. But helium has enactment Devendra Fadnavis successful much trouble. It exposed the operating benignant of Fadnavis arsenic good arsenic the narration of the 2 successful the past 10 years. I would person understood had helium shown the record to the person of the opposition. But helium (Ajit Pawar) was simply an absorption MLA.”

Addressing a canvass run rally astatine Sangli district’s Tasgaon Assembly seat, Pawar, connected October 29, said that aft the BJP won the 2014 Assembly polls, Fadnavis, who took implicit arsenic CM, showed him a record signed by R R Patil which recommended an unfastened enquiry against him successful the lawsuit by ACB.

“Talking against a idiosyncratic who cannot support himself present is terribly wrong. He tin criticise america for not joining him, but R R Patil was not live erstwhile the enactment split. How tin helium resistance his name? Why aft 9 years? It conscionable shows that helium (Ajit) tin speech thing astir immoderate person, irrespective of idiosyncratic moving with him for truthful galore years,” Patil said .

In the interview, helium spoke connected issues ranging from speculations of disagreement wrong the MVA to interaction of Maratha-OBC agitations connected polls.