A day after the assets of a sugar mill linked to him were attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar wondered what the alleged scam was all about. “Prove it to me. Will you take action if I name the BJP leaders? What’s the scam?” he asked, adding that everybody knew what kind of politics was being played across the country. Pawar did not deny his link with Jarandeshwar sugar mill in Satara district, but dismissed the charge of money laundering.

The documents pertaining to proving the clean source of finance were produced before the ED,” he said, adding that he, as a director of the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank, had no role in the deal because the mill was auctioned as per the Bombay High Court’s order.