Mumbai, July 11 -- Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday alleged that the Maharashtra government was shielding contractors involved in the Mumbai-Pune Expressway's Missing Link project because they allegedly fund the ruling parties.

Addressing a press conference, Pawar claimed there was a "politician-contractor nexus" behind the government's defence of the Missing Link project despite concerns raised after recent landslides near the project site.

Speaking on the controversy, Pawar said, "Missing Link Project: There is a massive political-contractor nexus. The government is shielding major firms like Navyuga and Afcons from accountability for cracks on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway because they fund th...