Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
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Stating that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central authorities was totally behind Maharashtra’s path to progress, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday mentioned it was offering monetary help to the tune of ₹2 lakh crore to spice up varied infrastructural initiatives within the State.
Addressing a gathering throughout his go to to an agricultural expo in Nashik metropolis, Mr. Shinde mentioned the State authorities had approached the Centre to resolve points pertaining to sugar factories and that the Centre assured to take optimistic choices for the survival of the trade within the State.
“The State government is committed to the development of common people and has taken several decisions in their interest in the last six months… The first phase of Samruddhi Expressway [Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway] linking Nagpur and [the temple town of] Shirdi has already been completed. Our government is committed to complete the next phase of the project that will become a game-changer for Maharashtra’s development,” Mr. Shinde mentioned.
Ever since Mr. Shinde’s intra-party revolt in June final yr break up the Shiv Sena and toppled Uddhav Thackeray’s tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities, the brand new authorities of CM Shinde and the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis has confronted flak from the Opposition MVA coalition for reportedly “losing” big-ticket initiatives like Vedanta-Foxconn to neighbouring Gujarat.
Earlier this month, Mr. Shinde, following his return from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, had claimed that one lakh jobs can be created — instantly or not directly — on account of the memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to the tune of ₹1.37 lakh crore signed by the State authorities.
Taking a jibe on the MVA, notably Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray, Mr. Shinde had harassed that these MoUs can be “executed on the ground and not just remain on paper.”
Given the approaching announcement to the long-pending Maharashtra civic polls, the high-staked contest for the Mumbai civic physique or the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is anticipated to be a decisive one between the rival Shiv Sena factions led by Mr. Thackeray and Mr. Shinde.
While the Thackeray camp (together with the MVA) have been crafting a story of a ‘deferential’ Maharashtra of the BJP-Shinde-led Sena coalition kowtowing to the BJP brass on the Centre, the latter has been at pains to indicate {that a} authorities backed by the BJP-led Centre’s may is extra helpful for the State.
Source: www.thehindu.com
