
MAHARASHTRA Minister and BJP chief Nitesh Rane Sunday questioned the Block Improvement Officer of Ahilyanagar over his determination to remain a decision of the Madhi village banning Muslim group merchants from conducting enterprise in the course of the annual Madhi Chi Yatra.
“The BDO ought to keep in mind that a Hindutva sarkar is in energy in Maharashtra. Although the decision handed by the Madhi gram panchayat has been stayed by the BDO, I urge the villages to once more move the decision. If all villagers signal the decision, then how will the BDO reject it,” Rane stated throughout his go to to Ahilyanagar.
On February 22, the gram panchayat of Madhi village in Pathardi taluka had handed a decision banning Muslim group merchants from organising stalls in the course of the annual Madhi Chi Yatra, which started on February 28.
Terming the choice “historic”, Rane, who maintain the Fisheries and Ports portfolio, stated, “The hardcore Hindutva supporters have been woke up within the village. The gram sabha’s determination will present course to the nation. If the Hindu faith is challenged, then such a call will likely be taken throughout Maharashtra.”
Earlier, District Guardian Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil had supported the choice of the gram sabha. “The gram sabha is properly inside its constitutional rights to move such a decision imposing the ban.. The Supreme Court docket has acknowledged the rights of the gram sabha,” he had stated.
After the decision was handed, Ahilyanagar Zilla Parishad CEO Ashish Yerekar had ordered BDO Shivaji Kamble to conduct an inquiry into the validity of the gram sabha’s decision. The BDO dominated that the decision was “unconstitutional”.
“We carried out the enquiry and located that the gram sabha lacked required quorum as per the federal government pointers. In addition to the decision had 116 signatures of which 16 signatures couldn’t be confirmed. Additionally, there have been different deficiencies within the decision… And due to this fact I’ve deemed the decision has unconstitutional,” he stated.