Mumbai: Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (President) Prakash Ambedkar claimed that Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar met absconding mafia gangster Dawood in Dubai Don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and received a gold chain.
Ambedkar made the sensational claim, telling media persons that the alleged meeting took place when Pawar was chief minister of Maharashtra (1988-1991) and that he had traveled abroad, first to California ( USA) and then to London (UK).
He also claimed that Pawar was on an official visit and first went to London, then to California, returned to London and stayed there for two days, and then left for Dubai (UAE).
“In Dubai, he met Dawood at the airport and he (Pawar) was welcomed and even given a gold necklace by the Tang people there. He then flew back to London that night and back to India two days later.
NCP (SP) national spokesperson Clyde Crasto refuted the claims and said Ambedkar was clearly trying to create a “false narrative” ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections.
“Obviously…he is speaking on behalf of the BJP…he just wants to have a say in the upcoming state assembly polls,” Krasto said dismissively.
During that alleged trip some 35 years ago, Ambedkar questioned whether Pawar had taken permission from the central government before traveling abroad since he was the chief minister.
“Did the Center allow him to travel to California to attend meetings at that time? If so, was he also allowed to go to Dubai to meet Dawood? Were these meetings formal or informal and were they reported to the central government,” Ambedkar said asked.
When pointed out, the VBA president said he was raising the issue at (parliamentary) election time and he wanted to remind people to be careful in choosing the political parties they vote for given the current political situation in the world and to attack, for example, the MahaYuti Allies Nation on October 12 Baba Ziauddin Siddique, leader of the communist Congress party, was killed.
He called on the SP and the central government to come clean and explain all this and explain why these meetings were being held as the country faced a series of bomb blasts and terror attacks in the 1990s and similar ones now is happening, and we must be vigilant about it.
“I am not making any accusations, I am just raising some facts and asking for explanations from the SP and the (current) government. Furthermore, the current international situation is disturbing and India’s relations with the United States, Canada and the Middle East are being affected. damage.