Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi slams Amruta Fadnavis over shifting of Axis Bank salary account
Mumbai, Dec 29: Priyanka Chaturvedi of Shiv Sena on Sunday slammed Amruta Fadnavis, wife of former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis after the Thane Municipal Corporation that is ruled by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, made a plan to shift its salary accounts to a nationalised bank from Axis Bank, where Amruta holds a senior position.
On Sunday, Priyanka took on to Twitter and reacted to Amruta's interview where she alleged that the decision was an attempt to target her and her husband Devendra Fadnavis.
Surprised that she is calling it vendetta because if it were,she agrees that the fmr CM favoured moving accounts to Axis Bank as she was employed there
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) December 29, 2019
If decision to move accounts was business as usual with zilch involvement of her&fmr CM then where is the question of targeting? https://t.co/eRCOpqMKdW
Priyanka
tweeted,
"In
fact,
after
reading
the
interview
I
urge
the
Maharashtra
government
to
investigate
how
moving
accounts
to
Axis
bank
isn't
a
clear
case
of
conflict
of
interest.
Also
investigate
whether
any/
how
much
CSR
was
given
to
the
BJP
schemes
by
Axis
Bank
after
moving
the
accounts?"
She
also
added,"
Surprised
that
she
is
calling
it
vendetta
because
if
it
were,she
agrees
that
the
fmr
CM
favoured
moving
accounts
to
Axis
Bank
as
she
was
employed
there.
If
decision
to
move
accounts
was
business
as
usual
with
zilch
involvement
of
her&fmr
CM
then
where
is
the
question
of
targeting?"
Earlier,
Amruta,
in
an
interview
to
a
daily
had
said
that
the
accounts
were
bagged
by
Axis
bank
during
the
tenure
of
the
Congress-NCP
regime
and
much
before
she
married
the
former
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister.
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She also said that the government should think rationally. And by shifting the accounts the government is trying to target her and her husband Devendra Fadnavis.
In fact, after reading the interview I urge the Maharashtra government to investigate how moving accounts to Axis bank isn’t a clear case of conflict of interest.
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) December 29, 2019
Also investigate whether any/ how much CSR was given to the BJP schemes by Axis Bank after moving the accounts? https://t.co/1Ox2PJFvVF
A report by News18 suggested that there have been even reported that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Siv Sena regime is mulling to transfer the Maharashtra police departments salary accounts, worth Rs 11,000 crore annually to a public sector bank from Axis bank.
Earlier, terms between Priyanka and Amruta Fadnavis were not good and they had a war of words on social media over the reports that Uddhav Thackeray-led government decided to shed down around 1,000 trees in Aurangabad for the purpose to build Bal Thackeray memorial.
In November, the three-party Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress formed the government in Maharashtra after a long political crisis in the state.