Maharashtra: Samit Kadam asked me to sign affidavit against Uddhav Thackeray, claims Anil Deshmukh

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 29 : Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has claimed that a person named Samit Kadam had come to meet him three years ago and forced him to give a statement against Uddhav Thackeray, which he refused.
Deshmukh claimed that the person was close to Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and was also given Y-category security.
"A person close to Devendra Fadanvis, Samit Kadam, came to meet me three years ago with a sealed envelope. That envelope had documents that I was asked to sign as an affidavit. That affidavit had false allegations against Uddhav Thackeray and Aditya Thackeray. This Samit Kadam is very close to Devendra Fadanvis and has relations with Fadanvis. Everyone knows about his closeness to Devendra Fadanvis," the NCP (SCP) leader said.
Deshmukh added that after Kadam failed in his attempt, the same was done with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
"Despite not being a public representative, he was given Y-category security. I was forced to give statements against Uddhav Thackeray, but I refused. After his experiments failed, the same experiment was done with Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar," he claimed.
Deshmukh shared that the threats came three years ago, when Uddhav Thackeray was the Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar was the Deputy Chief Minister, and he was the Home Minister. "At that time, Devendra Fadnavis caught Parambir Singh and made false allegations against me," Deshmukh alleged.
The former Maharashtra Home Minister said he had refused to give in to the threats. "He threatened me about releasing my videos. I would like to say, "Baat niklegi to dur tak jayegi... (everything will be exposed)," Deshmukh said.
Anil Deshmukh also said that he refused to give in to Devendra Fadnavis and that he would never make false allegations. "I had told Devendra Fadnavis that I would never make such false allegations. I have never seen such politics in Maharashtra. They did not even spare children, they tried to target them with dirty politics. He said either go to jail or join the BJP," the NCP (SCP) leader said.
Responding to the allegations levelled against him, Samit Kadam, said that it was impossible to reach Anil Deshmukh three years back if the latter was not willing to meet someone as Deshmukh was the Home Minister then.
"I don't know why this matter is being raised now. Anil Deshmukh was himself Home Minister of the state and he was having Z plus security, so it was out of question that I could reach out to him without his own will," Kadam said.
Kadam admitted that he had gone to meet Deshmukh but it was only because he was summoned for a meeting in which Deskhmukh requested him to talk to Amit Shah and Devendra Fadnavis to help him out of his problems.
"Yes, I had gone there to meet him because he had called me for that meeting. He requested me to talk to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the then LOP Devendra Fadnavis Ji and see if they can help him (Anil Deshmukh) get out of his problems, so it is completely false to say that I went to meet him on instructions of Devendra Fadnavis because Devendra ji is not even remotely connected to my meeting with Anil Deshmukh Ji," Kadam said.
Kadam even claimed that the video of the meeting is irrelevant because he had met Dekhmukh only to keep his request.
"If he (Deshmukh) says that he had some video of me meeting with him, that video is not of that importance because I met him on his own request, and if there is a video of that meeting, it is not going to make any difference," he said.
Deshmukh addressing a press conference on Thursday on the proof Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had against him, where he was heard speaking about Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar. "I have levelled allegations against Devendra Fadnavis that pressure was put on me to speak against Uddhav Thackeray, Aadtiya Thackeray, and Ajit Pawar. I have video recordings to prove it. If someone challenges me, then I will reveal everything," Deshmukh had said.
On Wednesday, NCP-SP leader Anil Deshmukh accused Devendra Fadnavis of asking him to write four affidavits against Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, Ajit Pawar, and Anil Parab.
"Three years ago, Devendra Fadnavis sent a man to me and asked me to write four affidavits. I was asked to make written allegations against Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, Ajit Pawar, and Anil Parab. Devendra Fadnavis sent the affidavits and asked me to sign them. I was told that if I did this, then neither ED nor CBI would come after me," he said.
Deshmukh added that the ED and CBI were sent after him because he decided not to make any false allegations.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, however, denied the allegations and said those making personal allegations against him will not be spared.
"The FIR against Deshmukh was registered by the CBI after clear orders from the chief justice of the Bombay High Court. He further said that Deshmukh made personal allegations against him," Fadnavis said while speaking to ANI.
"The FIR against Anil Deshmukh was registered by the CBI after clear orders by the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, and at that time it was not even our government in the state. Anil Deshmukh has been making personal allegations against me for a long time now. Usually, I don't go behind anyone, but if someone comes for me, in response, I don't spare that individual," he said.
"I have several audios and videos provided by Anil Deshmukh's party men in which he is heard saying a lot about Udhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar Saheb. When the time comes, I will release those," he added.