Miffed over being denied a berth within the new Maharashtra Cupboard, senior Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP) chief Chhagan Bhujbal Monday left Nagpur for his hometown Nasik on the primary day of the Winter Session of the state legislature.
Earlier than leaving for Nasik, Bhujbal stated the denial of a Cupboard berth was a present to him for taking over Maratha social activist Manoj Jarange-Patil. Bhujbal, a senior Different Backward Class chief, had opposed Jarange-Patil’s demand of granting OBC standing to all Marathas, which had led to a really public face-off between the 2.
Chatting with reporters at Vidhan Bhavan, Bhujbal stated, “Seven to eight days in the past, they (NCP management) requested me whether or not I need to go to Rajya Sabha to which I stated no. Resigning from the Meeting and going to Rajya Sabha would have been a betrayal to the voters of my constituency. I requested for Rajya Sabha a number of months in the past however was denied then. That was the one time when my occasion management referred to as on me”.
“I stood for the OBC group at a time once I was being attacked from all sides… It (denial of a Cupboard berth) could possibly be the prize for this,” stated the previous minister within the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti authorities.
Bhujbal maintained that he was returning to Nasik on Monday as many employees and well-wishers have been ready for him in his hometown. He didn’t specify whether or not he’ll return to Nagpur for the remainder of the Maharashtra Meeting session.
NCP minister Hasan Mushrif stated the occasion management will speak to Bhujbal. “I’m certain that our occasion leaders will speak to him (Bhujbal) and kind out all the issues,” stated Mushrif.
In the meantime, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who left for Delhi on Monday, was unavailable for remark until the time of submitting this report.
Whereas discontent is brewing within the NCP, all shouldn’t be nicely within the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, too.
After Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar expressed his discontent over being denied the ministership and resigning from the occasion posts, his occasion colleague Vijay Shivtare — one of many most important contenders for a ministerial berth who was not thought of — additionally talked about his displeasure.
“I cannot take the ministership now after two and half years. Maharashtra has was Bihar. As an alternative of retaining regional steadiness, choice is being given to caste equations. I’m harm not as a result of I used to be denied the ministership, however I’m harm due to the remedy I acquired from three leaders [of the Mahayuti]. We aren’t slaves of those leaders,” Shivtare, the Sena MLA from Purandar and a former minister, stated.
Sources stated senior BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar, one other chief who was denied a ministership, didn’t attend the primary day of the Winter Session of the Maharashtra Meeting. Unbiased MLA Ravi Rana, one of many hopefuls for the ministership, too, was not current on the primary day.
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