Mumbai, March 27 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday that a "decisive decision" regarding Minister Narhari Zirwal will be taken after verifying the facts related to a viral video showing the NCP leader with a transgender person in a bedroom.
The video of the minister with a transgender person, purportedly in his official bungalow, has gone viral on social media platforms, with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi demanding his immediate resignation.
"Zirwal told me on the phone that the video was created by combining three or four old videos. He has said that the matter should be investigated. I have asked him to file a complaint," Fadnavis told reporters.
"Along with his party leader Sunetra Pawar, we will take a decision on the matter after verifying the facts and the emerging situation," Fadnavis said.
This is the second controversy involving Zirwal in two months. In February, an FDA clerk was caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 in Mantralaya, the state secretariat. Zirwal heads the FDA department.
Zirwal (66) is a four-time MLA from Dindori in Nashik district and a former Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.