Mumbai, Jun 24 (PTI) MLAs across party lines in the Maharashtra assembly on Wednesday rallied behind FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, with NCP (SP) legislator Jitendra Awhad alleging that an “international drug lobby” was seeking the officer’s removal and Rs 250 crore was being mobilised.

The department seized food items with an estimated value of Rs 11.93 crore between May 1 and June 21, including adulterated milk, dairy products, edible oil, drinking water, jaggery, tea powder, mango ripening agents and banned products such as gutkha and tobacco.