THE exclusion of key OBC leaders like Chhagan Bhujbal of the NCP and Gopichand Padalkar of the BJP has irked OBC neighborhood leaders who’ve targetted Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Equally, a number of the chief who didn’t discover place within the ministry expressed their anger and disappontment brazenly.
Chatting with reporters in Pune, OBC activist Laxman Hake, who had launched indefinite fasts to tackle Maratha quota actiivst Manoj Jarange-Patil, mentioned, “Why had been key OBC leaders non included within the cupboard. Ajit Pawar ought to reply this query. On the identical time, will Bhujbal be made the deputy chief minister for 2 and half years ?”
Hake mentioned although the OBC neighborhood is completely satisfied Dhananjay Munde and Pankaja Munde have been included within the cupboard, Chhagan Bhujbal and Gopichand’s exclusion has harm the neighborhood. “Bhujbal has been preventing for getting justice for the OBC neighborhood. He ought to have been given a spot within the state cupboard. I really feel the OBC neighborhood has been insulted. We had already declared that we’re with Mahayuti. The entire OBC neighborhood voted in favour of Mahayuti. Nonetheless we have no idea why Chhagan Bhujbal and Gopichand Padalkar had been ignored.”
Congress chief Vijay Wadettiwar, who can also be an OBC chief, mentioned, “Injustice has not simply been completed to Bhujbal however to whole OBC neighborhood.”
NCP (SP) chief Jitendra Awhad mentioned Bhujbal has huge expertise in parliamentary work. ”When he was within the Opposition, he alone used to create a stir in the home,” he mentioned.
NCP spokesperson Amol Mitkari nevertheless mentioned, “Bhujbal was not upset… Bhujbal is the soul of NCP… The soul can’t depart the physique. If Bhujbal has not been given the ministerial berth, it means Ajit Pawar has thought one thing huge for him.” Bhujbal on his half made no bones of the actual fact he was sad over his exclusion.
“I used to be rewarded for taking Manoj Jarange-Patil head-on with exclusion from the ministry,” Bhujbal, a senior NCP chief, mentioned at a press convention in Nagpur on Monday.
Bhujbal mentioned, “I fought on behalf of the OBC neighborhood. That’s why thw complete neighborhood got here collectively and Mahayuti secured an enormous success. Those that assume the Mahayuti bought success due to the OBC neighborhood, I wish to categorical my gratitude to them,” he mentioned.
“I’ve been made a minister prior to now and have been ignored as nicely. However I’m not completed but.” Bhujbal was a Minister within the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti Authorities which accomplished its two and half yr tenure.
Reacting to Bhujbal’s exclusion, Jarange-Patil mentioned, “Now we have nothing to do with it…We don’t wish to discuss anybody who has focused our reservation.”
Senior BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar who additionally didn’t discover a spot within the CM Devemdra Fadnavis Ministry, mentioned, “First I used to be instructed that I might be made the minister. Then I used to be instructed that I cannot be made the minister. I’m ready for my new responsbility. I used to be consistently in contact with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule. They by no means gave me an inkling that my identify won’t be there. They saved telling me that my identify has been despatched to Delhi. However my identify was lacking from the checklist. Since final night, I’ve questioning what occurred.”
Mungantiwar added, “I’m not upset. I didn’t attend the meeting as a result of now I’m not a minister…”
Reacting to Mungantiwar’s remarks, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned, “I’ve had lengthy discussions with him… He might be given one other responsbility within the get together.”
Shiv Sena’s Vijay Shivtare was extra scathing in his assault at being dropped.
I’m not saddened by the truth that my identify has been dropped. However the way in which it occurred, being taken into confidence… it has 100 per cent not occurred the way in which I anticipated it to. If they’d given me the ministerial berth after two and half years, I used to be able to take it. I’m not indignant at being denied the ministerial berth, however I’m indignant on the approach I used to be handled,” he mentioned.
Shivtare mentioned ministerial put up was not necessary for him. “What hurts me is the place is Maharashtra heading… I believe we’re going again, we’re going the Bihar approach.”
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