The BVA chief says Dawood had gifted a gold necklace to Pawar during their meeting
Mumbai: In a sensational revelation, the Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar on Friday said that Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar had met Dawood Ibrahim on Dubai Airport when he was the Chief Minister.
Ambedkar also called for the release of historical records to understand whether the central government allowed Sharad Pawar to meet Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai during his time as Chief Minister.
Ambedkar pointed out that Sharad Pawar was Chief Minister from 1988 to 1991 and travelled abroad during that period. He further alleged that Pawar first went to London, then spent two days in California for a meeting.
“I have not made any allegations but I have just put forth some facts. From 1988 to 1991 Sharad Pawar was the Chief Minister and during that time he went to London and then went to California for a meeting. He came back to London and then went to Dubai. He met Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai. We are asking if the central government had sanctioned this meeting,” Ambedkar said.
Ambedkar insisted that the specifics of this meeting of Pawar with Dawood should be made public. Ambedkar went on to say that Pawar returned to London that evening and came back to India two days later. He also emphasised that, as Chief Minister, Pawar could not have travelled abroad without the central government’s approval and questioned whether the central government sanctioned Pawar’s trips and meetings, particularly with Dawood, and whether any reports from these meetings were submitted to the central government.
Ambedkar also claimed that Dawood had gifted a gold necklace to Sharad Pawar during their meeting at the Dubai airport.
“People will have to decide whether to vote for such parties to be able to maintain law and order in the state. I’m making these allegations now because it appears as if the conditions prevailing in the state between the decade of 1990 and 2000 are likely to come back to the state.”
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