Govt will probe authenticity of video clips: Sharad Pawar

A day after BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis created a flutter alleging that the ruling MVA was hatching a conspiracy against its opponents and submitted video ldquoproofrdquo in the Assembly NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the state government will probe the authenticity of the clipsInteracting with reporters Pawar also said his name was being mentioned ldquodirectly or indirectlyrdquo in the recordings submitted in connection with the alleged conspiracy and added that he was ldquonowhererdquo related to itFadnavis on Tuesday submitted to Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal a pen drive containing video recordings saying the footage showed how conspiracies were hatched by police and MVA members to frame BJP leaders including himself and Girish Mahajan in false cases He had demanded a CBI probePawar said the claim that he wanted to finish Fadnavis and Mahajan politically was ldquolaughablerdquo ldquoSo it seems there is also some comic information in it clips One cannot get finished like this If it is true that the recording is of 125 hours then the use of a powerful agency cannot be ruled outand such agencies are only under the government of Indiardquo he saidIt is ldquopraiseworthyrdquo that Fadnavis or any of his colleagues succeeded in capturing the nearly 125hour video footage Pawar said sarcasticallylsquoNeed to check veracityrsquoldquoIt first needs to be proved whether it the recording is authentic or not The state government will definitely probethe veracity needs to be confirmedrdquo he said adding that facts will be kept before the people at the right timePawar said the MVA comprising the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress was not misusing power to target its opponents ldquoOne thing has to be noted though that all the power of the Centre and all its agencies are in the hands of the people who follow the same ideology as Devendra Fadnavisrdquo he saidPawar claimed that efforts to topple the MVA government have not succeeded and hence ldquosuch optionsrdquo are being explored to bring it downThe NCP boss however said it was true that he had asked Fadnavis to look into a serious complaint he had received about one of his colleagues sometime in the past six months or a yearldquoLater I was told by him Fadnavis that he was looking into the complaint I had sent to him and care will be taken to see that such things will not happen The issue was over for me then and there Except this I am nowhere personally related to thisrdquo he saidHe hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi will order a probe into a complaint raised by Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut regarding the alleged misuse of central agenciesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever