Several Maharashtra students to land in Delhi, Mumbai today after evacuation from Ukraine: Ajit Pawar

Several students from Maharashtra will land in Delhi and Mumbai on Saturday after their evacuation from warravaged Ukraine and the state government will help them to reach their respective native places on their arrival state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar saidSpeaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme here Pawar also said there is no threat to the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government of Shiv Sena NCP and Congress as long as the magic figure of 145 in the 288member House is on its sideMany students from Maharashtra have gone to Ukraine for medical studies Parents of 366 such students have contacted us for their evacuation Thirtytwo students from the state will land in Delhi today We have opened a counter of Maharashtra at the Delhi airport The state government will bear the expenses of bringing these students back to Maharashtra he saidApart from them around 240 students from different states will land in Mumbai this afternoon We have also opened a counter at the Mumbai airport The state government will provide help to these students to reach their respective places Pawar addedRussia launched a military operation against Ukraine on Thursday following weeks of tension between the two neighbouring countriesWhen asked about the BJPs criticism that the MVA government wont survive long in the wake of Maharashtra minister Nawab Maliks arrest he said I dont want to comment on the opponents statement about the MVAs survival But despite their claims till the magic figure of 145 is there in the state assembly and till the NCP Congress and Shiv Sena are together the government will remain strongMalik was arrested on Wednesday by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering casePawar said raids are taking place on members of every party except one Now people will understand why this is happeningOn Friday local leaders in Pune said the workers of the three MVA parties would stage a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the city on March 6 The protest will be against the PMs statement in Parliament blaming the Maharashtra government for the spread of coronavirus they said Modi is expected to visit Pune on March 6 for the inauguration of metro rail service but there has been no official intimation about his programme yetAsked about his party NCPs opposition to the PMs visit Pawar said PM Modi is coming to Pune As a deputy CM I will be welcoming him We are requesting Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to come along if his health allows Modi has the right to conduct a programme in Pune The state and the Centre both have given funds for the metro rail so there will be joint programmeOn the growing demand for the classical language status to Marathi the senior NCP leader said We have been following up with the Union government for the classical language status to Marathi language There are only five to six languages that have got this status but Marathi hasnt got itThe number of Marathispeaking people is huge not only in Maharashtra Goa and other states but also in other countries It is up to the central government to take a decision on it status In the last state legislature session there was some positive discussion about it Minister Subhash Desai who holds the portfolio of Marathi language had recently visited Delhi on this issue and he was positive about it he saidOn Gudhi Padwa Marathi New Year foundation stonelaying ceremony of the proposed Marathi Bhasha Bhavan will take place in Mumbai he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever