Ajit Pawar NCP president and deputy CM Ajit Pawar is facing flak over the inept handling of the row over the financial viability of CM's Ladki Bahin Yojana , a scheme to provide financial aid to poor women . He is also facing a hard time defending himself on reports of travelling to Delhi in disguise to meet Union home minister Amit Shah. Apparently, when the scheme for poor women was presented before the cabinet for approval, no minister objected since it was a populist move in view of the assembly elections .
According to reports, the finance department had sounded out govt over the massive annual expenditure of Rs 46,000 crore in view of the state's deteriorating economic condition and an unprecedented debt burden, which has crossed Rs 8.5 lakh crore. Ajit Pawar maintained a discreet silence for a few days and then said no objection had been raised, not even from the finance department.
But his clarification came too late and there were no takers for it. When reports of Ajit Pawar travelling in disguise appeared in vernacular dailies, he ignored them at first but couldn't stall any longer after the issue made the headlines in national dailies. There were specific details of how he changed his name on the boarding pass and wore a mask and a cap.
The reports became politically significant when Supriya Sule said it was bad for a politician like Ajit Pawar to travel in disguise and the issue raised questions about security agencies' competence. Reports said the information was.