Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will be re-inducted into the Maharashtra Cabinet today. He is set to make a comeback as Deputy Chief Minister. Our correspondent reports that Mr Pawar will be sworn in at a function at the Raj Bhavan at 9.30 AM. Our Mumbai correspondent giving more details says Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar who had stepped down from the Maharashtra Cabinet two months ago over charges of involvement in a multi-crore irrigation scam will be re-inducted as Maharashtra deputy chief minister today. Pawar will be given charge of his original portfolios in a swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan. Pawar had resigned from the council of ministers on September 25 following allegations that he was involved in a multi-crore irrigation scam. According to the allegations, he had arbitrarily given irrigation contracts worth over Rs. 20,000 crore when he was the state irrigation minister during 1999-2009. Pawar had said that he would remain the NCP Legislature Party leader, but would not join the government as a minister until his name was cleared of the allegations. However, the decision of Pawar’s re-induction into the Cabinet came after presentation of a White Paper on the irrigation sector released by the state government last week gave him a clean chit. Meanwhile, the BJP opposition has protested against the government’s move to re-induct Ajit Pawar.