NCP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s political career saw allegations of corruption in major cases related to cooperative banks and irrigation projects. Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank caseAjit Pawar was among those investigated in the Rs 1,300 crore Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank case following directions of the Bombay High Court. The case concerned loans given to sugar factories by cooperative banks, including the Pune District Central Cooperative Bank, where Pawar had served as a director from 1995. In the related Enforcement Directorate case, Pawar has not been charge sheeted. Pawar had denied all allegations of corruption in both the cases.