NCP demands probe into procurement of defective ventilators Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A day after the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court took cognisance of defective ventilators supplied to Maharashtra under PM-CARES fund, the State’s ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has demanded an inquiry in to the incident. “This issue needs to be investigated end to end. Questions have risen about the process of procurement of these ventilators by the Union Health Ministry. Why wasn’t the proper mechanism followed? People with vested interests behind it should be immediately identified,” said NCP state president and Irrigation Minister Jayant Patil.