The mystery of the huge convergence of people thronging the Mantralaya on Tuesday and Wednesday with applications for homes that had left the UPA government baffled is over. It has emerged that Maharashtra Democratic Front (MDF) led by RPI leader Prakash Ambedkar was behind this idea.

The Front had put the government on edge by asking party supporters to submit forms for homes built under Powai area development scheme, approved by the state in 1986.