The Congress party on Tuesday accused the BJP-led Maharashtra government of misleading women through the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, alleging that lakhs of beneficiaries were enrolled before the Assembly elections to secure political gains only to be removed from the scheme later.
The Maharashtra government has formally approached Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a CBI inquiry into the plane crash that claimed the life of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar last month.
The government's social justice department announced that no admissions will be granted under the 5 per cent reservation in educational institutions, and no new caste or validity certificates will be issued under this category.
The event is being organised by Project Mumbai, an award-winning NGO, and is being supported by the government of Maharashtra, the Environment and Climate Change Department, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), as per the statement.
However, sources said that the decision to give the additional charge to Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar is part of a damage control exercise by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has "temporarily" kept the strategic finance portfolio with him, which used to be with the late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
Replying to a letter written by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Civil Aviation Minister said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has commenced a formal probe into the recent aircraft accident that claimed the lives of 66-year-old Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others.
The Deputy CM also said that his son has not been named in any First Information Report (FIR) so far, “because only those who signed the registration documents were booked”.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has termed as ‘disappointing’ the verdict of the NIA court, acquitting all accused in the Malegaon blast case, and wanted to know if the Centre and Maharashtra government will seek a stay as they did in the Mumbai train blasts case.
“We will engage top lawyers to fight in the Supreme Court. We are of the view that those involved in the July 11, 2006 incident must be punished but innocent should not be troubled,” he said.
Nana Patole also criticised the state government for Monday's fire incident in the Mumbai Vidhan Bhavan.
