Prakash Ambedkar urges PM Modi to file FIR against ‘corrupt’ NCP leaders

Prakash Ambedkar urges PM Modi to file FIR against ‘corrupt’ NCP leaders

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar on Friday urged the Prime Minister to either file an FIR against the corrupt NCP leaders or apologise to NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and the NCP for making defamatory and politically-motivated statements.

Prakash Ambedkar said that if the BJP and the Prime Minister failed to follow up on these accusations, it would clearly mean that the Prime Minister Modi had calculatedly made a political statement designed to “finish-off” the NCP

Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, said that if PM Modi fails to file criminal cases against the NCP leaders whom he accused of corruption, then the VBA, along with the Congress and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) would stage agitation against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “politically-motivated blackmail.”

At a BJP booth workers’ meeting in Bhopal on June 27, PM Modi, had made multiple allegations of corruption scams involving the NCP and Sharad Pawar to the tune of ₹70,000 crore. These allegations included scams in the irrigation, cooperative bank and mining sectors. A month has passed following the PM’s remarks, but there has been no investigation or filing of any FIRs,” stated Ambedkar to mediapersons in Pune.

He said that if the Prime Minister was making such allegations publicly, then it must be assumed that he would have concrete information and proof about them, which he may have authenticated with the agencies (Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax) at his disposal.

Ambedkar further added that he assumes these agencies and the Attorney General’s office would have informed him about these so-called scams. Hence, we call upon the BJP and PM Modi to file an FIR against NCP leaders within 10 days.

Ambedkar asked “will the PM apologise to the NCP and the country in the next 10 days if no cases are filed against the NCP leaders? Defaming the senior leadership of a party without concrete evidence for electoral gains is highly unethical. Either the PM Narendra Modi should prove the allegations or apologise to Sharad Pawar for trying to defame him.

News Edit K.V.Raman