Mumbai:
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday claimed “nearly all MLAs” of the Nationalist Congress Celebration had written a letter to Sharad Pawar demanding that the celebration be part of the federal government when the Uddhav Thackeray-led dispensation was on its means out.
Mr Thackeray’s Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities, comprising the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena, collapsed in June final 12 months after Eknath Shinde rebelled.
The insurrection performed out between June 21 final 12 months, when a number of MLAs left for Surat in Gujarat and onwards to Assam, and culminated on June 30 when Shinde turned chief minister with the assist of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration.
“When the Uddhav Thackeray’s authorities was about to break down, nearly all NCP MLAs had written a letter to the celebration chief (Sharad Pawar) asking him to affix the federal government (by supporting the BJP),” Ajit Pawar mentioned at a rally in Kolhapur.
“If it (what he has mentioned) is flawed, then I’ll retire from lively politics instantly. If my declare is correct, then these spreading lies ought to retire,” he asserted.
Ajit Pawar, who joined the Shinde authorities together with eight MLAs on July 2 this 12 months, mentioned “nearly anyone is now standing up and talking towards us”.
“We respect that in a democracy individuals have the appropriate to specific dissent. We’re in energy to unravel the problems of individuals,” he claimed.
On the difficulty of Maratha reservations, he mentioned a number of individuals from the group have been wealthy however many are poor and there was want to assist them.
He mentioned the quota granted to the group when Devendra Fadnavis was in energy (between 2014 and 2019) was upheld by the Excessive Courtroom however was put aside by the Supreme Courtroom.
“When giving reservations to the Maratha group, it should be ensured that Different Backward Lessons aren’t affected. Solely discussions and conferences will remedy this dilemma,” he mentioned.
The problem of Maratha quota took centrestage within the state on September 1 after agitators confronted police motion in Jalna district.
Police needed to resort to power after a bunch protesting for quota in Antarwali Sarati there refused to let authorities admit a person on starvation strike in hospital.
The ensuing violence led to accidents to a number of individuals, together with 40 policemen, whereas 15 state transport buses have been set ablaze.
Talking on native points, the deputy CM mentioned Kolhapur should construct an Data Know-how sector like Hyderabad.
Farmers in some districts haven’t bought money profit transfers underneath varied schemes up to now and the state authorities will take measures to rectify the scenario, he added.
Earlier than heading to Kolhapur, Ajit Pawar attended a roadshow in Pune.
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