Ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh's letter rocks Lok Sabha; BJP demands resignation of Maha Vikas Aghadi govt

Amid protests by Shiv Sena and NCP, BJP demanded the resignation of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. BJP said in Lok Sabha that Param Bir Singh’s letter reflected that those in the government were using officials.

The BJP on Monday demanded the resignation of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government headed by Uddhav Thackeray in the wake of former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parama Bir Singh's claim that the state's Home Minister Anil Deshmukh set a Rs 100-crore collection target for the police every month, and sought a CBI inquiry into the allegation. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha amidst protests by the Shiv Sena and the NCP, BJP member Manoj Kotak said that according to Singh's letter to the chief minister, the state's home minister had asked suspended Assistant Police Inspector (API) Sachin Vaze to collect Rs 100 crore from 1,742 bars and restaurants in the metropolis every month. Kotak said the letter reflected that those who are in the government were using officials in collecting money but the chief minister so far has not uttered a single word on the issue.