It began with a credit score warfare over a scheme introduced for girls by Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti alliance known as ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’. Whereas Chief Minister Eknath Shinde initiated the scheme earlier than Raksha Bandhan by transferring cash to the beneficiaries, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar kicked off a yatra to advertise the scheme.
However, there is a catch right here. Pawar’s social gathering, the NCP, didn’t point out the identify of ‘Mukhyamantri’ for the scheme, which triggered a political firestorm.
Then, senior chief of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction, Ramdas Kadam, demanded the resignation of PWD minister and BJP chief Ravindra Chavan over the pending works of the Mumbai-Goa freeway venture, which irked Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Fadnavis urged Shinde to take severe word of the remarks and requested him to intervene within the concern.
Now, with the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg that was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi final yr, the rising pressure among the many Mahayuti alliance companions was palpable because the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the BJP spoke in several voices over the incident.
NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) MLC Amol Mitkari accused statue sculptor Jaydeep Apte of purposely defaming Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s historical past by distorting the picture of his statue. His social gathering even held a silent protest over the incident.
Including gas to the hearth, Tanaji Sawant, the Well being Minister and a pacesetter of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, mentioned that the social gathering’s proximity to the NCP made him vomit, calling it an “allergic response”. This once more sparked an argument.
NCP (Ajit Pawar) spokesperson Umesh Patil gave an ultimatum of parting methods with the Mahayuti alliance and accused Sena ministers of defaming their allies.
OPPOSITION CLAPS BACK
In the meantime, the spokesperson of Shiv Sena (UBT), the faction headed by Uddhav Thackeray, Anand Dubey, took a potshot on the Mahayuti alliance over their friction and mentioned, “Abhi toh social gathering shuru hui hain. (The social gathering has solely simply begun).”
He mentioned the Mahayuti companions would find yourself “tearing one another’s garments” earlier than the upcoming Meeting polls. He alleged that the alliance was fashioned for his or her profit and to not serve the folks.
Additionally, Congress chief and former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan questioned why the three events within the Mahayuti had been hating one another and demanded that they need to half methods for the welfare of the state.
In the meantime, a disagreement between Mahayuti allies might escalate over seat distribution for the upcoming Meeting polls slated to be held on the finish of the yr.
