Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday claimed big-ticket projects had moved away from the state due to "inefficiency" of the Eknath Shinde-led government.

Addressing an NCP meeting in the temple town of Shirdi in Ahmednagar district, Ajit Pawar said lakhs of youths have missed employment opportunities in Maharashtra because of the state government's ineptitude and claimed there was "tremendous anger" against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde among people.