Mumbai, Oct 29 : Former Mumbai Congress secretary Ajit Sawant, a Congressman suspended from his party, was the one who blew the whistle on BJP president Nitin Gadkari's shell companies with non-existent addresses,.
“I got a tip- off from a senior gentleman in the sugar industry pointing out investments in the Purti group."
"I began working on it from December last year. I got details of how firms with no business activity were putting in money in Gadkari's Purti group. The directors of these firms were the same people who were working as Gadkari's driver and accountant,” he told the Delhi tabloid Mail Today.
“It was obvious there was something fishy as the directors in spite of being in different companies were joining and resigning on the same date,” said Sawant.
Even while Sawant was working to dig out dirt on Gadkari, Kejriwal addressed a press conference to target the BJP chief.
The suspended Congress leader then decided not to wait any longer and revealed the details about Gadkari.
Sawant has also handed over the details of the BJP leader's firm and investments made by other firms to senior Congress leaders.
His ‘ expose' of Gadkari has given the Congress a breather.
Earlier, Sawant had also levelled allegations of corruption against the then Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and also alleged that Maharashtra Congress chief Manikrao Thakre gave tickets to candidates in lieu of money, following which he was suspended from the party.
