Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday allowed to withdraw the list consisting of 12 names for the nomination to the legislative council (MLC seats) proposed by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray in 2020.
Focus will be on increase in income, crop diversification, farm to market initiative and availability of funds. CM’s announcement came after opposition claimed that 137 farmers committed suicided after new government came to power in June
In a political climbdown of sorts, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray said on Monday that Muslims would not be disturbed from celebrating Eid on Tuesday."Tomorrow is Eid, and Muslims must celebrate this festival with .
Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana chief Raju Shetti on Friday requested Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari not to consider his name for appointment as member of the state Legislative Council from the governor's quota if it figures among the MVA government-recommended nominees.
The Free Press Journal on March 17 wrote that Shetti has been quite unhappy over the MVA government’s functioning and he was furious over his party’s lone legislator from the Vidarbha region shifting loyalties to the Nationalist Congress Party. Shetti has ruled out any tie up with BJP which he had quit before the 2019 Lok Sabha and assembly elections.