Sreenivasan Jain And Sanjay Tiwari With Inputs By Niha Masih

When Ajit Pawar resigned as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra a week ago, he said he was being maligned by allegations that a 70,000-crore scam played out during his term as the state's Irrigation Minister. NDTV has accessed information that suggests Mr Pawar sanctioned major violations of the guidelines of his own department.

When Ajit Pawar resigned as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra a week ago, he said he was being maligned by allegations that a 70,000-crore scam played out during his term as the state's Irrigation Minister. NDTV has accessed information that suggests Mr Pawar sanctioned major violations of the guidelines of his own department.