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NCP slams CM Fadnavis over Lokayukta probe against minister Prakash Mehta

Mehta has been facing heat over alleged "unauthorised" transfer of extra building rights of the SRA

Devendra Fadnavis, Manohar Parrikar, Rashtrapati Bhawan
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Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis interacts with Goa CM Manohar Parrikar at the swearing-in ceremony of Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.

Press Trust of India Mumbai
The opposition NCP on Saturday said the decision of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to refer to the Lokayukta the allegation against his cabinet colleague Prakash Mehta was "clever game" to save himself from any possible fallout.

Fadnavis last night announced a Lokayukta probe into the opposition allegation that there had been a serious impropriety in clearing a slum-redevelopment project in the city by Housing Minister Prakash Mehta, a BJP member of the cabinet.
"The chief minister has played a clever game. On the one hand, he has saved his own skin against the fallout of the probe against the housing