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{{Short description|Former bureaucrat, anti-corruption activist and political leader}}
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| occupation = Chief engineer, irrigation department<ref name=MumbaiMirror>{{cite news|last=Naik|first=Yogesh|title=Warrior duo that sunk Ajit Pawar|accessdate=5 October 2012|newspaper=[[Mumbai Mirror]]|date=26 September 2012|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/15/2012092620120926043708220ae34c6f0/Warrior-duo-that-sunk-Ajit-Pawar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928231852/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/15/2012092620120926043708220ae34c6f0/Warrior-duo-that-sunk-Ajit-Pawar.html|archive-date=28 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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'''Vijay Pandhare''' is a former bureaucrat from [[Maharashtra]], India. He was the [[chief engineer]] of the [[Water Resources]] Department and a member of the state-level technical advisory committee.<ref name=DailyBhaskar>{{cite news|title=Maharashtra's irrigation scam: Meet the whistleblower Vijay Pandhare|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-MUM-maharashtras-irrigation-scam-meet-the-whistleblower-vijay-pandhare-3842742-NOR.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234337/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-MUM-maharashtras-irrigation-scam-meet-the-whistleblower-vijay-pandhare-3842742-NOR.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2013|accessdate=5 October 2012|newspaper=[[Daily Bhaskar]]|date=27 September 2012}}</ref> He is state executive committee member at [[Aam Aadmi Party]] Maharashtra.

==Whistle blowing==
Pandhare is a [[whistleblower]] who wrote to the chief minister of the state of [[Maharashtra]] and its governor alleging irregularities and cost inflation in irrigation projects. The controversy raised by these communications caused the deputy chief minister of the state [[Ajit Pawar]] to resign. In his letters he pointed out that Rs 120 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/reservoir-corruption|title=Reservoir of corruption|work=Down To Earth}}</ref> spent on lift irrigation projects in the state are a total waste as around 99 per cent of the total 227 projects in Maharashtra are not working and 90 per cent never began functioning.

Pandhare, in a letter to other engineers, alleged that corruption can be controlled by curtailing the powers. The irregularities were so serious Pandhare alleged that the government was "...playing with people's lives".<ref name=DNA>{{cite news|last=Iyer|first=Kavitha|title=DNA investigation: Vijay Pandhare letter opens floodgates|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_dna-investigation-vijay-pandhare-letter-opens-floodgates_1747743|accessdate=5 October 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=2 October 2012}}</ref>

==Political career==

In December 2013, after his retirement from active service, Pandhare joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP).<ref>{{cite news | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-01/india/44618903_1_vijay-pandhare-irrigation-scam-irrigation-department | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131204142958/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-01/india/44618903_1_vijay-pandhare-irrigation-scam-irrigation-department | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 December 2013 | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] | title = Maharashtra irrigation scam whistleblower Vijay Pandhare joins AAP | date = 1 December 2013 }}</ref>

He unsuccessfully fought the [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]] from [[Nashik (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nashik]], losing his deposit. He secured sixth position with 9,672 votes, losing to [[Hemant Godse]], who got 494,735 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1321.htm?ac=21 | title = Constituency-wise results: Nashik | publisher = Election Commission of India | date = 22 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Election-Results-Bhujbal-beaten-MNS-wiped-out/articleshow/35229033.cms | title = Election Results: Bhujbal beaten, MNS wiped out | newspaper = The Times of India | date = 17 May 2014 }}</ref> Even before the election results were announced, he relocated to [[Buldhana]], and declared that he won't contest elections any more. He claimed that "more than 98% of the people" associated with AAP did it merely for publicity.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/poll-defeats-shock-maharashtra-aap-leaders/articleshow/35355769.cms | title = Poll defeats shock Maharashtra AAP leaders | date = 20 May 2014 | newspaper = Economic Times | author = Krishna Kumar }}</ref>

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