Maharashtra Politics: Why Ladki Bahin Yojana Has Put Shiv Sena, NCP At Loggerheads | India Information
Maharashtra Politics: There have been speculations about potential rift within the Mahayuti authorities ever because it retained energy in Maharashtra. Quickly after Devendra Fadnavis was made Chief Minister and Eknaths Shinde was made his deputy in a job reversal, the clamours of rift gained recognition. Now, the Mahayuti authorities’s flagship scheme Mukhya Mantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, which has been dealing with elevated scrutiny, has became a bone of competition between the NCP of Ajit Pawar and Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde.
The continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana calls for an enormous mobilisation of funds and this has reportedly led to diversion of funds from sure Departments, thus irking the Minister of the involved division. The reviews of the diversion of Rs 400 crore from the Social Justice Ministry have sparked a Sena vs NCP verbal battle. Social Justice Minister and Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Shirsat has slammed the Finance Division headed by the NCP chief Ajit Pawar saying that he was not knowledgeable in regards to the diversion of the funds. Shirsat mentioned that he got here to learn about it from information reviews and added that the funds have been meant for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) however have been diverted for the Ladki Bahin prorgram. “If there isn’t a want for the Social Justice Division, then it may possibly very effectively be closed,” Indian Specific quoted him saying.
Each, the BJP and the NCP have maintained that there isn’t a distinction inside Mahayuti. Reacting to the remarks by the Sena chief, Income Minister and state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule mentioned that he would speak to Sanjay Shirsat and CM Fadnavis.
Because the Finance Ministry got here below the NCP, Shiv Sena has been alleging discriminatory remedy alleging that departments headed by Sena Ministers bought fewer funds. Nonetheless, Pawar had rejected the declare. With Shinde already sulking over his demotion as Deputy CM, the following developments will maintain a key in Maharashtra’s political sphere.
