BJP MLA Prashant Thakur’s appointment as chairman of City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has raised a controversy, with Opposition party Congress calling it a case of conflict of interest as a firm owned by Thakur’s family is currently executing contracts worth Rs 900 crore for CIDCO.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis appointed twenty persons on twenty different statutory bodies as well as corporations in last week. In those appointments, his party’s MLA, Prashan Thakur got the chairmanship of CIDCO. This corporation is known as one of the wealthiest corporations of the state. Thakur’s Panvel assembly constituency comes under CIDCO jurisdiction.
Claiming Thakur’s appointment as ‘illegal’, Congress chief spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that, “Mr Thakur is related with the company named Thakur Infrastructure Private Limited. This company has received contacts of Rs 900 crore from CIDCO. Now, Mr Thakur being CIDCO chairman is clearly conflict of interest.”
However, Thakur has denied of having any links with any company that is working in CIDCO projects. “I have nothing to do with the said company. Opposition parties are poking into my personal issues. They don’t see what is happening in their own backyard,” said Prashant Thakur.
