<p>In a significant development, NCP leader and Maharashtra's Food and Civil Supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal was discharged by a special court in Mumbai in connection with the sensational Maharashtra Sadan scam case.</p>.<p>Bhujbal (73), a veteran OBC leader, is also the founder-president of Mahatma Phule Samata Parishad and is one of the oldest associates of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>Besides Bhujbal, his son and former MLA Pankaj Bhujbal and his nephew and former MP Sameer Bhujbal were cleared by a special court presiding over matters of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).</p>.<p>The matter refers to his tenure between 2004-14, when Bhujbal was the public works development minister in the erstwhile Congress-NCP Democratic Front government.</p>.<p>A case was filed in 2015 against Bhujbal and 16 others by the ACB, alleging that a developer firm was favoured by him for a project on land owned by the Regional Transport Office.</p>.<p>The ACB had claimed that the original cost estimate for Maharashtra Sadan was Rs 13.5 crore, but it was later increased to Rs 50 crore.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos here: </strong><br /><br /></p>
<p>In a significant development, NCP leader and Maharashtra's Food and Civil Supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal was discharged by a special court in Mumbai in connection with the sensational Maharashtra Sadan scam case.</p>.<p>Bhujbal (73), a veteran OBC leader, is also the founder-president of Mahatma Phule Samata Parishad and is one of the oldest associates of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>Besides Bhujbal, his son and former MLA Pankaj Bhujbal and his nephew and former MP Sameer Bhujbal were cleared by a special court presiding over matters of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).</p>.<p>The matter refers to his tenure between 2004-14, when Bhujbal was the public works development minister in the erstwhile Congress-NCP Democratic Front government.</p>.<p>A case was filed in 2015 against Bhujbal and 16 others by the ACB, alleging that a developer firm was favoured by him for a project on land owned by the Regional Transport Office.</p>.<p>The ACB had claimed that the original cost estimate for Maharashtra Sadan was Rs 13.5 crore, but it was later increased to Rs 50 crore.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos here: </strong><br /><br /></p>
