Pawar hits back at Amit Shah over ‘corruption ringleader’ jibe | India News – Times of India

SAMBHAJINAGAR: Days after Union home minister Amit Shah called NCP(SCP) chief Sharad Pawar the “ringleader of corruption in politics”, Pawar on Friday hit back, saying it was strange that a person who had been externed from Gujarat by SC was leading such an important ministry.
Shah had been externed from the state for two years in 2010 in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.He was later acquitted in the case in 2014.
“Those who have power in their hands have not changed the way they think. We all should be careful or else the country may progress in the wrong direction,” Pawar said.
Referring to a speech by NCP leader Rajesh Tope at the event, Pawar, in a lighter vein, said: “Tope said he entered politics by holding my finger. I do not trust his statement, because PM Narendra Modi, too, had said the same. I trust my finger.”