India, Aug. 19 -- Shiv Sena leader and state social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat may face more trouble as NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar on Monday made serious allegations against him regarding irregularities in a major land deal.

Under Shirsat's chairmanship during the previous Shinde-led Mahayuti government, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) had allegedly handed over a 15-acre prime land plot in Navi Mumbai, worth Rs.5,000 crore, to the Biwalkar family, claimed Pawar, while demanding Shirsat's resignation from the ministerial position.

The land in question is part of the 5,000 acres across 15 villages that was awarded to the Biwalker family by the British for aiding them against the Maratha empire, said Pawar. Cl...