Maha leaders warn of action against officers for 'helping' BJP against MVA

Senior leaders of the ruling NCP and Congress in Maharashtra on Thursday warned of strict action against some IPS and IAS officers who allegedly secretly helped the BJPled Centre against the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in the stateTheir warning comes in the wake of allegations that a senior IPS officer had illegally tapped calls of several politicians who were against the BJP while the opposition party said that the phone tapping was done after due permission and claimed that it revealed a transfer scamSpeaking to reporters state Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar said No officer will be spared if found guilty Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has also asked the chief secretary to prepare a detailed report on whether some officials have erred or not If they are found involved they will face actionNCP leader Jitendra Awhad had on Wednesday alleged that the then Commissioner of Intelligence Rashmi Shukla had intercepted calls without permission from then Additional Chief Secretary Home Sitaram KuntePermission was sought for intercepting the calls of certain persons but actually the calls of some other persons were tapped he had claimedBJP leader Devendra Fandavis had alleged that the MVA government had suppressed Rashmi Shuklas report which said that as per the intercepted phone calls some police officials and politicians were allegedly involved in a transfer scam in the state home departmentPawar said Phone calls are generally tapped only for preventing some serious action It is done with the permission of additional chief secretary of home department Current chief secretary of Maharashtra Sitaram Kunte was ACS home then He is known as a very straightforward officer The CM has asked Kunte to prepare a detailed report on the allegations levelled by FadnavisMaharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole while addressing a press conference on Thursday alleged that there are some IAS and IPS officers in the Maharashtra cadre who have been secretly helping the BJPled Union government and all of them will face action as they have breached the oath of secrecyWe have come to know that there are some IAS and IPS officers who have been secretly helping the BJPled Centre against the MVA government They have breached the oath of secrecy and hence they will face action he saidReacting to Fadnaviss allegation Patole said He is clearly misleading the people and maligning the image of the state at the national levelThe BJP has been targeting the Maharashtra government ever since it lost power he allegedWhen asked whether the MVA government is shielding home minister Anil Deshmukh in the wake of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singhs allegation of corruption against him Patole said We are setting up an inquiry into the charges levelled by Singh in the letter When Fadnavis was the chief minister he used to give clean chit to his minister on his ownThis 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