PUNE: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar mentioned Saturday his son Parth didn’t seek the advice of authorized consultants or him earlier than continuing with the Pune land deal. He defended the state authorities’s choice of not mentioning Parth within the FIR as a result of he was not among the many signatories. “I’ve not but met Parth for the reason that difficulty got here up. After I meet him, I’ll advise him that even when any shut affiliate involves him with any deal, he shouldn’t go forward with out consulting authorized advisors. It was a lesson for him,” he instructed reporters. “In any deal, we first examine by way of authorized advisors if the paperwork are clear, after which we proceed. The identical factor didn’t occur on this case. I used to be not conscious of it, in any other case, I might have instructed them to not go forward with the deal,” he mentioned. “Contemplating it’s government-owned land, the deal shouldn’t have occurred, however anyone confirmed the daring of continuing with the deal. Now committees are finishing up inquiries to seek out out if anyone influenced officers.”