State govt should enact a law similar to adopted by Centre to curb paper leaks in Maharashtra, says Rohit Pawar

Amid the row over NEET and UGC NET examinations Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Chandra Pawar faction Rohit Pawarled delegation held a meeting with Governor Ramesh Bais on Monday and demanded that the Maharashtra government enact a law similar to the one adopted by the Centre to curb paper leaks in Maharashtra reported news agency ANIFurthermore Rohit Pawar called the meeting a positive discussion and informed that Governor has assured actions on those issuesAddressing the media Rohit Pawar said We met the Governor and several issues were discussed We have tried many times to bring the law passed by the central government regarding paper leaks into the state We have also raised the issue of the drug racket at Pune University reported ANIOn the issue of paperleak Rohit Pawar said We have talked to governor about the issue of paper leaks Earlier Uttarakhand governor had taken measures concerning the paperleaks and brought antipaper leak laws Similarly we have pledged to the governor to take measures and bring antipaper leak law to address this issue reported ANISpeaking about the discrepancies noticed at Savitribai Phule University Rohit Pawar stated The state government is ignoring the issues of frequent paper leaks in Maharashtra and malpractices in the recruitment of vacancies in Savitribai Phule Pune University If the government is neglecting then one can go to the governor and ask for complaint Accordingly we met Ramesh Ji Bais Saheb and gave him a letter in this regard The Governor also gave a positive response in this regard reported ANIHe also urged the governor to shift his attention on the MIDC issue of his constituency and stated The issue of MIDC Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation was also mentioned and the governor was requested to handle the matter reported ANIHighlighting the issue of drugracket at Pune University he asserted We have requested the governor to pay attention to the issues of Savitribai Phule University The consumption of drugs and alcohol among students have significantly increased in the university Upon investigation drugs worth thousands of crores can be found in Maharashtra reported ANIConcluding the address he said Overall it was a positive discussion and he has promised he will talk to the government on these issues reported ANIEarlier on June 9 NCPSCP leader Rohit Pawar said that Ajit Pawar has lost his utility to the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPI think BJP wants to give them a message that they did not benefit from them NCP in the Lok Sabha They thought that by favouring Ajit Pawar Sharad Pawars power will be curtailed But that has proved wrong People have supported Sharad Pawar and given him strength So Ajit Pawar has lost his utility to the BJP Rohit Pawar said speaking to ANI on SundayIn future Ajit Pawar and his companions may have to fight elections under the BJPs symbol he warnedRohit Pawar even said that people who join hands with the BJP have got their power reducedThose who side with the BJP get their powers reduced and Ajit Dadas power has reduced as well People have also shown them that Pawar told ANIThe Ajit Pawarled NCP won one seat in the recently concluded Lok Sabha pollsWith inputs from ANI