His comments came after senior NCP leader Praful Patel had recently accused the Congress of pulling his party down even as it "sank" itself by wrongfully charging it with involvement in scandals.
"The NCP back-stabbed the Congress by withdrawing its support from the Maharashtra government ahead of the 2014 state Assembly polls," Chavan told reporters here.
He also refuted Patel's contention that he had ordered a probe against the NCP leaders in the Rs 70,000 crore irrigation scam.
"Even I was shocked by reading news reports of the (then) government's approval to conduct a probe into the (alleged) irrigation scam. I did not even know about the decision which was taken by R R Patil," he said.
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The Congress leader claimed that Patil had given the approvals to conduct a probe through the Anti Corruption Bureau against NCP leaders Ajit Pawar and Sunil Tatkare on September 20, 2014, a day before the Assembly was to dissolve.
He termed the allegations levelled against him by Patel as "baseless."
"It was mentioned in 2011 economic survey report that despite spending Rs 70,000 crore over irrigation schemes, only 0.5 per cent land came under irrigation. My stand behind publishing white paper on irrigation was only to find out the mistakes and loopholes in planning that could be restored in future planning," he said.
Chavan, who is an MLA, added that a white paper does not necessitate an inquiry against the concerned department or the minister.
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