India, May 23 -- The recovery of a stash of cash from a government guest house in Dhule, in north Maharashtra, generated controversy in the state's corridors of power on Thursday, with legislators trading allegations at one another and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis ordering probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the matter.

It all started when Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders in Dhule accompanied by their leader Anil Gote (a former MLA with the BJP till 2019) found Rs.1.8 crore cash in the guest house's room number 102 on Wednesday. The leaders alleged that the money was collected by contractors, who have undertaken government projects, to bribe members of the Estimates Committee of the legislature, whose chairman is Shiv Sena MLA Ar...