Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde hits out at Uddhav Thackeray, accuses his govt of carrying out 'bogus' work

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday hit out at his predecessor and Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray saying that those criticising the present governments initiatives themselves carried out bogus work during their dispensations twoandahalf year tenure reported the PTICM Eknath Shinde also said that the Bharatiya Janata Partys BJP victory in the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan has confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain in power after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as per the PTICM Shinde was speaking at the Shasan Aplya Dari government at your doorstep initiative of his government at Parli in Maharashtras Beed district This initiative is aimed at giving benefits of government schemes to the citizens directly at their doorstepThe Shasan Aplya Dari initiative is being called bogus by some people But those who did bogus work during their tenure of twoandahalf years are disrespecting those who are coming here to avail benefits of government schemes he said according to the news agencyThose who operated from home for twoandahalf years will not understand the pain of common people They have fear of what will happen to them in the coming electionsBut people will give appropriate answer to them The results of recent assembly polls have confirmed the win of Narendra Modi in 2024 he addedMaharashtra Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar BJP secretary Pankaja Munde and her cousin and Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde were also present on the occasion Before coming to the event venue all of them visited the memorial of former Union minister late Gopinath Munde to pay tributesThe government belongs to the common people and it is making efforts for the welfare of the state We have launched many schemes The previous government announced Rs 50000 as encouragement to the farmers repaying loan regularly but we gave that amount after our government was formed CM Shinde said according to the PTIToday we are giving the benefits worth Rs 749 crore So far 184 crore people have benefited through the Shasan Aplya Dari initiative he saidOn the occasion Fadnavis said the government aims to provide daytime uninterrupted power supply to farmers in the stateThe government has given revised administrative sanction for the projects in Marathwada he saidWe have also sent the proposal of Marathwada Water Grid project to the Centre The work shall commence once the sanction is granted he saidHitting out at Uddhav Thackeray Devendra Fadnavis said We are called to neighbouring states for election campaigns But they are not even called by their neighbours This is their painAjit Pawar who leads a faction of the Nationalist Congress Party NCP that is currently in power in the state talked about the steps initiated by the government to curb the water scarcity in the areaThe government has initiated steps to bring water from the Arabian Sea for a project located in Marathwada Though we have different ideologies we are working together so that everyone in the state is benefited We joined the government as we cannot just keep opposing it he said reported the PTI on TuesdayTalking about the issue of reservation he said There are demands from Marathas OBCs and Dhangars But it should be ensured that no differences crop up among these communitiesPankaja Munde said that the BJP governments in northern states implemented various schemes for the local people and resolved the problems of various communitiesTherefore the BJP won assembly polls there Schemes like the Ladli Behna Yojana in Madhya Pradesh should also be implemented in the state she saidDhananjay Munde urged the state government to send a proposal to the Centre to include the Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga temple in Parli in the PRASAD Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual Augmentation Drive scheme of the central government The state government should also encourage the industries to come here he saidwith PTI inputs