BJP targets NCP corporator again, funds worth Rs 11.5 cr diverted

Two days after the BJP diverted Baner area's local development fund to inquire into Chandrakant Patil's irregularities, the ruling party has now targeted NCP corporator Suhas Tingre of Tingrenagar. The BJP has diverted Rs 11.5 crore in development funds meant for Tingrenagar, for the resolution signed by NCP corporator Amol Balwadkar who represents Baner.

The civic standing committee, chaired by BJP corporator Srinath Bhimale, approved the resolution, passing a majority vote in favour of diverting the funds. BJP leader Ganesh Bidkar accused NCP corporator Balwadkar of criticizing state BJP leaders and misbehaving in the civic general body, stating that the NCP corporator should not have sought an inquiry into the spending of development funds by Kothrud assembly legislators.

NCP corporator Suhas Tingre expressed shock at the BJP's "politics of revenge," stating that it was their democratic right to raise public issues. He questioned why the BJP cancelled the development funds of the area they represent if there was nothing wrong with the spending by BJP legislators. NCP chief Sunil Tingre called the BJP's decision a display of dictatorship, saying that the party threatens corporators by diverting funds if they challenge their decisions. Balwadkar vowed that the NCP will take a stand against this move.