India, Feb. 20 -- Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde may have spoken too soon, when he declared that everything was "thanda, thanda, cool, cool" between him and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday. Shinde's attempt to quash rumours of a cold war between them fell flat, as it has now come to light that Fadnavis had ordered an inquiry and sought a report from the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) earlier this month about a potential housing project in central Maharashtra green-lit by Shinde during his term as CM and head of urban development department.

The housing project in Jalna, worth around Rs.900 crore, which was scrapped in 2020 when it was proven unfeasible, was revived in February 2023 when Shinde was a...