Contractual recruitment: Congress leaders Ashok Chavan, Nana Patole slam Fadnavis

Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Friday refuted the claim by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that recruitment of staff on contract basis in government departments was started by previous state governments reported news agency PTIEarlier in the day Fadnavis had announced the scrapping of a government order meant for recruiting staff on a contract basis by nine agenciesAddressing a press conference Fadnavis said the first recruitment on contractual basis was done in 2003 when the CongressNCP government was in power in Maharashtra reported PTIHe said GRs government resolutions related to contractual hiring were issued when Congress leaders Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan were chief ministers during the 15year rule of the Democratic Front DF coalition 19992014 reported PTIHitting back Chavan a former chief minister said Now the government tried to fill even tehsildar police posts on contractual basis Fadnavis is trying to put the failure of his regime on previous governments Today the state is in financial crisis and instead of focusing on administrative matters old contexts are being taken out just to criticise previous governmentsThe scrapping of contractual recruitment was a victory of students who had protested against such a government order Chavan added reported PTIChavan said decisions taken by earlier governments were as per prevailing situation adding that his party was not opposed to privatisation throughoutBut all decisions must be taken after thorough deliberations Chavan assertedMaharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said recruitment on contract basis was scrapped by the state government due to the opposition from his party and the youth reported PTIAttacking Fadnavis Patole said the former never wants to accept his mistake and on this issue he had gone head and exposed his colleagues Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar reported PTIWhy didnt Fadnavis cancel the GR on contract recruitment when he was chief minister for five years between 2014 and 2019 Patole questionedThe Congress has consistently raised its voice against recruitment of government employees on contract basis as it has sparked anger among youth waiting for such jobs reported PTIThe Congress exposed the BJP government which was forced to cancel the GR after realising that the anger among the youth could severely dent the partys poll prospects Patole claimed reported PTIBut even while doing that announcing scrapping of GR Fadnavis has put the responsibility on Shinde and Ajit Pawar he allegedFadnavis has claimed then CMs Sushil Kumar Shinde Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan took the decision to recruit staff on contract basis but even then these persons were later absorbed into service Patole saidHowever the current recruitment process is being done by a private company he addedFadnavis was CM from 2014 to 2019 Why did he not cancel this GR The Eknath Shinde government has been in power for the past oneandhalf years since June last year Why was the GR not cancelled As soon as it came to power the Shinde government stopped development works initiated by the Maha Vikas Aghadi so what took them so long on the contractual recruitment GR Patole askedPointing out that Ajit Pawar was a deputy CM during the Congressled alliance governments and Shinde was a minister in the Fadnavis dispensation Patole said the senior BJP leader had passed on the responsibility of hiring people on contract to Shinde and Pawar reported PTIFadnavis should be congratulated for exposing Shinde and Ajit Pawar the state Congress chief said sarcasticallyPatole said his party had met Governor Ramesh Bais over contract recruitment and had asked him to look into the matterWith inputs from PTI