Nawab Malik accuses Devendra Fadnavis govt of not filling vacancies in time

The NCP on Monday hit out at the BJPled Maharashtra government for not filling staff vacancies regularly and accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ofmaking announcements and then postponing themFadanvis had announced in the Budget session of the Assembly in February this year that 72000 vacant posts in various government departments would be filled within two years of which 36000 were to be done in the first phaseHowever on Sunday Fadnavis in a televised address had stated that the recruitment for these posts had not begunThe drive is yet to start The process of how to ensure justice for Marathas while not impacting reservations for members of the SCST communities was being worked out Fadnavis had said on SundayAddressing a press conference on Monday Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Nawab Malik said If the vacancies were filled regularly this situation wouldnt have arisenMaratha groups have maintained that members of the community would not get adequate representation in the 72000 jobs since the state government had not yet decided on reservations for them The community which constitutes nearly 30 per cent of the states population are seeking 16 per cent quota in jobs and educationThere is a shortage of government staff and this is reflected in the administration The government is yet to issue a notification for the first phase of recruitment What is the point in saying recruitment would be done after a solution to the Maratha reservation demand is found Malik questionedFadnavis can only make announcements and then postpone them the NCP spokesperson alleged He criticised the Maharashtra CM for making a televised address on the Maratha reservation stir stating that you cant run a government through televisionFadnavis said the decision on Maratha reservation will be taken in a timebound manner by November This should have been his stand four years ago the NCP leader said He added that the opposition was not creating hurdles on the Maratha quota issue and claimed that it was on the oppositions insistence that Fadnavis convened an allparty meeting on itCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever