Mumbai, Nov. 2 -- The administrative and political landscape of Maharashtra was thrown into turmoil on Monday after Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Minister Narhari Zirwal stayed a punitive order issued by high-profile IAS officer and FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe against a prominent chemical company in Pune's Ranjangaon.
Mundhe had cancelled the license of the firm following a statewide crackdown on illegal industrial methanol distribution, triggered by a toxic liquor tragedy in Pune. The minister's sudden decision to grant interim relief to the chemical unit-allegedly connected to a senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader-has sparked a sharp standoff between the state executive and enforcement authorities.
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