India, May 25 -- Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar will consult leaders from all political parties in the state on the formation of the ethics committee of the state legislature after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that he wanted the ethics committee to probe the Dhule cash case.

"I will speak to leaders from all state parties and ensure that the committee is formed at the earliest," Narwekar told HT.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders in Dhule headed by Anil Gote (an MLA with the BJP till 2019) found Rs.1.8 crore cash in a government guest house room on Wednesday. The leaders alleged that the money was collected by contractors who had undertaken government projects to bribe members of the legislature's estimates committee, the ch...