Former Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut is the “kingpin” of the ‘khichdi scam’ in Maharashtra.
“It is a matter of Maharashtra, it is a matter of Shiv Sena, so I begin with ‘Jai Maharashtra’! Today is April 8 and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has called upon the ‘khichdi chor’, the Mumbai North-West Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha candidate (Amol Kirtikar) for interrogation. I do not know the ED’s next step, but it is very important to investigate this scam so that the innocent voters of North-West Mumbai will be able to know the real face of their possible candidate, at what level of robbery he and his team can do, the fraud and broker that he is,” Mr. Nirupam said at a press conference in Lokhandwala here.
Mr. Nirupam claimed that when he began to investigate the scam, he learnt that the real ‘kingpin’ behind the ‘khichdi scam’ was someone else. “I believe no one should ever drag their family members into politics. Personally, this is a tough time for me, and I feel sorry for speaking against my friend and dragging his family members’ names today, who are probably innocent and were not aware of the entire scam that he was running, but truth must be told for public interest, and I am left with no choice. The kingpin of the ‘khichdi scam’ is Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson, Sanjay Raut. Mr. Raut is the mastermind behind this entire scam. When he was caught in the Patra Chawl scam, it was found in the investigation that he has used his wife’s name to extort money from the builder, which was so wrong. Similarly, in the ‘khichdi scam’, he used his daughter, brother and business partner’s bank accounts to collect bribe money,” Mr. Nirupam alleged.
