OFF THE RECORD review on some of headlines…
1. Minister Prakash Mehta’s den
Yesterday for some work was at Chembur…So happened to be near Vidyavihar station and meet my khabri..Was surprised to know that the entire family of Prakash Mehta his cousins & extended family all live in the Neelkanth Kingdom which is like a complex having 3 to 4 buildings…Allegedly Mehta has kept 7 flats for himself here…Now there is also a Neelkanth Business Park which a huge commercial building having at least some 300 to 500 offices…Khabri tells me Prakash Mehta made his fortune from here…Allegedly again, He is 0.25 paisa partner in this huge project & whenever any BMC people come to take any action on complains, as there are some million things unauthorised, Mehta charges money even from his own partner to resolve the same…Pucca Gujrati…They take interest even from their own father, if ever they lend money…anyway a small example of the unauthorised thing, in the business park, 2nd floor in the building MCGM has passed this place as a canteen….But the entire second floor is being made into a huge Banquet Hall…which is bloody ILLEGAL…Jai Ho Mehta saab!
2. Bypoll is a litmus test for Narayan Rane
Every paper today in its headlines & its political editors & observers have all come to a conclusion that Narayan Rane might have a difficult time to get re-elected at the Legislative Council to be held in the second week of December–they all say that ShivsSena will adopt every strategy to defeat Rane even if it means to come together with the Congress & NCP. But here’s the fun part. Never trust a Sharad Pawar. What he talks & what he practically does is totally opposite. The whole world will vouch for this statement. Very unpredictable. Sharad Pawar made a mockery of Uddhav Thackrey when he gave out details of his “secret meeting” with Uddhav Thackrey and Sanjay Pawar (oops Raut) at the former’s residence (on Oct 30th) to the media. The very next day an agitated Uddhav came heavily on Pawar in his editorial at Samna. But off the record, Sharad Pawar did this to keep his sheets clean in front of CM Fadnavis, as he knows Fadnavis is keeping a close eye on the movement of every NCP person (important one’s…please don’t count Praful Patel in that list) ….Yes, to maintain cordial relations with the CM right now is topmost agenda of Pawar to prevent 50% of his people going to jail…For his now Uddhav can take a backseat…Hence the dirty secret of the meeting was out. So please take in writing that the NCP will do what the BJP’s CM will finalise. As for Rane, they always say a faction of the BJP don’t want him in the BJP…For the record, the faction includes the CM too, it is said behind closed doors….if CM wants anything, he gets it…
3. Minister Chandrakant Patil offered by Rs 5 crore to Sena MLA to join BJP
Is he the same rowdy Harshvardhan Jadhav who has been to jail for one year for assaulting a policeman in 2011? He saying this about Chandrakant dada Patil is like a joke that happened yesterday…Lokmat newspaper gave away “the most stylish award” to Pankaja Munde…Pankaja & stylish..just enter the room she is in…each one of you will understand that taunt of mine…200% she needs a good stylist & a good gym to work out…How & why Lokmat gives away these awards is not new to us…Anyway, matter is Harshvardhan & Chandrakant Patil…friends I’m not a fan of any BJP Minister like other Nagpurian journalists are…But I believe in facts..I challenge anyone who thinks Chandrakant Patil must have given this offer…Boss you need to know the person…Very clean image & conduct..Tell me in your entire lifespan which of political person you know has visited his peon, driver, his domestic help along with his wife on the Diwali Night? None of that I have heard in last 40 years…Boss, even if his staff (be it PS, OSD’s) want money for official work Rs. 15,000 is kept in a cupboard, and anyone who uses it has to write a small note in that same corner to mention the purpose…Had Harshvardhan said this about his bogus & corrupt father-in-law Raosaheb Danve, it wouldn’t have come as a surprise..And yes yes, before I conclude this piece, everyone from the biggest information network to the intelligence are of the view a lot of corruption is happening in Chandrakant DaDa’s department…Yes it is true…Believe me it is not the Minister himself or his staff…it is one OFFICER along with his clerk and his peon who are the culprits..On the name of dada, this office manages to mint crores from the PWD to Revenue officials…
Vikrant Hemant Joshi
