"When Sharad Pawar was summoned by the ED for questioning, NCP members gathered in large numbers in front of the ED office. When a Nawab Malik or an Azam Khan is arrested, no one goes to support them," AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel asserted.
The Bombay HC opined that exertion of influence and clout by NCP chief Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule on the govt machinery led to the development of the Lavasa project
Nawab Malik's name reportedly appeared in the case after the intelligence inputs directed ED to look into the hawala transaction while probing a money laundering case against Ibrahim, Iqbal Mirchi, Chhota Shakeel, Parkar and Javed Chikna.
Kuber had made some controversial remarks about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in his book "Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra".