Nagpur, Aug. 5 -- After Maharashtra Governor sanctioned an ED investigation against NCP-SCP leader Anil Deshmukh, he criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that the Centre is ruled by a party which is supposed to allow prosecution against him.

"Whose government is it? The government belongs to the party that is the one supposed to grant permission for the prosecution against me," he remarked.

The case dates back to 2021, when then Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, in a letter dated March 20, 2021, to then Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, alleged that Deshmukh had instructed suspended police officer Sachin Waze and other police officials to collect Rs 100 crore every month from bars and restaurants in...