Six months before the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government collapsed in Maharashtra, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought consent of the State government to investigate as many as 91 cases, according to Personnel Ministry data tabled in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The requests were pending as Maharashtra along with five other Opposition-ruled States, namely Punjab, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Rajasthan had withdrawn general consent to CBI to investigate cases in their jurisdiction.
According to data as on June 30 (the day Eknath Shinde was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra), as many as 77 cases seeking consent for CBI investigation were pending clearance by Maharashtra government for six months to over a year.
The highest number of such pending cases — 168 are from Maharashtra, involving an amount of ₹29,040.18 crore.