Devendra Fadnavis: Will reveal evidence against opposition leaders at right time

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today warned the opposition leaders that he had evidence against them and could bring it up at the right time He was speaking to reporters in Nagpur ahead of the winter session beginning from tomorrow I have enough evidences against the leaders of the opposition and I will disclose it at the right time he said Fadnavis said that he could prove that the government had saved significant funds due to the Aadhaar numbers in its three years of rule when compared to the CongressNCPs 15 years He refuted CongressNCP allegations that the loan waiver was flawedDevendra FadnavisWe had received applications of 77 lakh farmers out of which 69 lakh applications were accepted after the removal of duplication A decision to disburse loan waiver has been taken for 41 lakh farmers in the state The process is still on and if more eligible farmers are found we will provide the loan waiver benefits to them Fadnavis said We have implemented loan waiver with efficiency The total outlay so far has been Rs 19000 crore and if required we will bring it before the house he said The Maharashtra chief minister also pointed out that the construction of the controversial Gosikhurd irrigation dam in Vidarbha which was suspended for a long time due to lack of permissions from the central government has finally received necessary approvalsThe Centre has approved 108 irrigation projects in the state along with Rs 18500 crore cost of the Gosikhurd irrigation project We will complete it in next three years Fadnavis said Fadnavis said that farmers whose crops were getting damaged in pinkworm attacks could get compensation in three ways One will come from the seed companies who at the time of licence for distribution of seed had claimed that the crop would not be attacked by any worm Now their plants are being attacked by pinkworm and companies will have to give compensation to the farmers he saidThe farmers who have applied for insurance of the crop will benefit and third would be the financial assistance from National Disaster Relief Fund A proposal is being sent to Delhi for approval said the chief minister Countering allegations from the opposition that the government had failed in disvursing scholarship to students from backward classes he said that his government was giving even the amount that the earlier government had failed to disburseFadnavis said Those who are used to corrupt practices for a long time are unable to see the system functioning in a transparent way Out of Rs 1100 crore we have already disbursed Rs 740 crore to students All we want is linking of Aadhar numbers with studentsiquest bank accounts Wherever it has not happened we have permittedstudents to avail the benefits The opposition should not forget that we have given three yeariquests scholarship amount to students which the CongressNCP government had failed to disburse he addedFadnavis refuted NCP leader Ajit Pawars contention that the state was leading towards bankruptcy The loan amount has increased but we have spent it on infrastructure projects As per Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2003 our capacity to avail loan is going up The states finance are still in good condition he said Meanwhile Sachin Sawant spokesperson of Congress tweeted that Fadnavis should be acting against the evidence he has rather than sitting on itHe said that such acts was a misuse as well as devaluation of the post Fadnavis holdsCatch up on all the latest Mumbai National and International news hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go