Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ wife Amruta has slammed senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for making allegations of nepotism against her husband over a state agency’s order asking developers to
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ wife Amruta has slammed senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for making allegations of nepotism against her husband over a state agency’s order asking developers to open accounts in Axis Bank branch where she works. Mrs Fadnavis said that Mr Singh had insulted all working and independent women in his attempts to achieve his political targets.
The order issued on February 10 by Fadnavis-headed Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) directed developers to submit details of their bank accounts with the Axis Bank’s Worli branch in South Mumbai for payment of rent to eligible slum dwellers on or before February 15, 2016.
Despite Mr Fadnavis’ clarification that no rules had been violated and the decision had no connection with his wife being an officer at the bank, Mr Singh had posted on his Twitter handle, “SRA in Mumbai headed by CM of Maharashtra has officially asked all SRA developers to open accounts only in Worli branch of Axis Bank”. “Do you know why Mrs Fadnavis is the Vice-President of Axis Bank! A windfall for the Axis Bank a private Bank. Height of Nepotism,” Mr Singh said in another tweet.
Speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of a BJP women’s wing event on Friday evening, Mrs Fadnavis said, “Mr Singh is using a woman’s shoulders for his political target. Doing such a thing is an insult to a working woman like me.”
Mrs Fadnavis also refuted the allegations that the SRA directive was issued because of her employment with the Axis bank.
“The transaction Mr Singh referred to pertained to the Worli branch of Axis Bank. I work in Lower Parel branch and have nothing to do with it,” she said.
The chief minister has already sent a legal notice to Mr Singh on March 20 seeking his apology for levelling “baseless allegations”.
