NCP leader and former chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said he would quit politics if allegations that he ordered the firing on farmers in Maval were proved true.
The allegation was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Wardha on Monday.
Police had fired on agitating farmers in Maval on August 9, 2011, killing three of them.
Hitting back, Pawar said, "Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has all the police machinery under him. He has CID, CBI and other institutions. I am the son of a farmer and I will never do something which is against farmers."
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