Summary:
Paresh Dhanani, the Leader of Opposition, announced on Tuesday that he would go on an indefinite fast from August 16, seeking a judicial probe into the multi-crore groundnut scam. The Congress leader made the announcement during the party's protests against the scam outside the Ahmedabad Collector office on Tuesday. State Congress president Amit Chavda warned that the party would corner the government over the issue in the upcoming Assembly session. We demand a judicial inquiry into the irregularities in the groundnut procurement scam. The minister added that the state government had also written to the Centre about the role of NAFED in groundnut procurement..