The Enforcement Directorate is said to have sent senior NCP leader Eknath Khadse notice who quit the BJP after sharply criticizing former Maharashtra chief minister and opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis. As per reports the notice has been sent to the leader to appear before the ED on December 30.
The notice has been sent to the leader in connection with the MIDC land deal which led to his resignation from the Devendra Fadnavis ministry, sources said on Friday. Khadse said he had not received the notice. “But I am told that the ED is in the process of issuing a notice to me and may ask me to appear before it on Wednesday. In the event I am summoned, I will cooperate with the Central agency,” Khadse told TOI.
“The entire deal was probed by the income-tax department, twice by the Anti-Corruption Bureau and by a retired high court judge M D Zoting. All the agencies have given me a clean chit. Now let the ED probe the transaction. I will cooperate with the agency and provide them with all relevant documents,” Khadse said.