Mumbai, July 11 -- NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MLA Rohit Pawar has questioned whether the Income Tax notice served to Shrikant Shinde, Member of Parliament and son of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, is part of the BJP's pressure tactics.
Responding to a statement by Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader and Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat, who confirmed that both he and Shrikant Shinde had received I-T notices, Rohit Pawar said such actions raise suspicions of political coercion. "Notices are handled centrally.
This could be an attempt to pressure Eknath Shinde into taking a weaker stance in the upcoming Mumbai municipal election seat-sharing talks," Pawar alleged.
While Eknath Shinde's recent visit to Delhi is being ...