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Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday criticized the BJP-led government in Maharashtra for taking decisions keeping in mind the local and civic body elections. It also criticized the State Election Commission (SEC) for announcing elections to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats without addressing the concerns raised by opposition parties regarding errors in the voter list.
Shiv Sena (UBT) in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ claimed that the state government is known for talking loudly, but “when it comes to implementation, it goes into a coma”.
The Saamna editorial said the rulers suddenly became dynamic and aggressive and issued a record 220 government resolutions, and the cabinet took 21 decisions on Tuesday, ahead of the SEC announcing the schedule for elections to city councils and nagar panchayats.
It said that before the announcement of the code of conduct, the state government suddenly became active and put the administration in high gear. But the government was not active in providing timely financial assistance to 68 lakh farmers devastated by heavy rains, so that their Diwali could be bright.
“The final panchnama (loss assessment) has been completed in only a few of the 33 districts; such is their chauvinism! Even though all opposition parties have unanimously conducted a public post-mortem of the flawed voter lists, the ruling coalition has been slow to make any reforms by correcting the errors. On the contrary, the government and the SEC have taken an ‘aggressive’ decision to impose local body elections on the people, ignoring the opposition’s demands.”
“The ruling coalition took decisions about transfers and promotions. Since the elections are for local self-government bodies, funds amounting to crores of rupees were distributed to municipal corporations, town councils and nagar panchayats. Funds have also been given to urban local self-government bodies to provide specific civic amenities. The government has also given approval to various corporations set up for the development of different communities to implement several schemes. The rulers have also given permission to Baliraja (farmers) Recalled that those who were waiting for financial assistance from the government since last month, and given a few thousand crore rupees for agriculture related schemes, the state government is not being run for the people, but for its own political gains,” the Thackeray camp claimed in its mouthpiece.
According to the editorial, elections for local bodies were announced after three and a half years. “However, the question is that if the SEC had not announced the schedule of these elections on Tuesday, would the rulers have missed the farmers and various sections of the society so quickly? Would the ruling coalition have realized that flood-affected farmers needed government help to buy seeds? These decisions were taken in a hurry to gain political dominance in the 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats. They missed everyone from farmers to government contractors,” the editorial said. Is.
Referring to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ warning to contractors to complete infrastructure development projects on time, the Thackeray camp questioned the timing of the ultimatum. The editorial said, “Instead of making these empty boasts, why are the works not completed on time? Who is responsible for this? Why is the government not able to pay the dues of the work completed by the contractors? Why have so many contractors committed suicide? The Chief Minister should find answers to these questions.”
–IANS
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