27 August,2023 09:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Eknath Shinde. File Pic
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said that 1.5 crore people in the state have benefitted from the 'shasan aplya dari' (government at your doorstep) drive and CM's Relief Fund, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, CM Eknath Shinde was speaking at a function connected to the 'shasan aplya dari' initiative at Parbhani in Maharashtra, more than 500 kilometres from Mumbai, in the state's Marathwada region
"More than 1.5 crore people have benefited from shasan aplya dari initiative and Chief Minister's Relief Fund. The state has so far distributed 22,000 tractors and 22,50 rotavators (rotary tillers) to farmers. Around 4 lakh people have received Rs 1,351 crore under various schemes," CM Shinde said, as per the PTI.
Speaking at the event, he took a swipe at Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray by saying his government's work had galvanised some people who ran the administration from home to go "offline" (on the ground) instead of staying "offline".
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Some people routinely said the state government would fall but it has only got stronger with Ajit Pawar joining, he added.
Ajit Pawar and eight NCP MLAs joined the Shinde government on July 2.
Meanwhile, in a significant political development in Mumbai, seven former Congress corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and former Sena (UBT) MLA Tukaram Kate have joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. The move is seen as a setback for both the Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT).
Many workers along with Kate and his wife Samruddhi Kate also joined the Shiv Sena after meeting Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at his official residence on Saturday.
"Corporators of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of the Chief Minister to follow the development and progress model of the party," the Eknath Shinde-led party said.
The seven Congress former BMC corporators from Mumbai, who joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, include corporator Pushpa Koli, Kunal Mane, Ganga Mane, Wahid Qureshi, Bhaskar Shetty, Jyotsna Parmar and Babbu Khan.
After joining Eknath Shinde-led Sena, former MLA from Mumbai's Anushakti Nagar Tukaram Kate said. "We came to Shiv Sena to contribute to the transformation of Maharashtra and Mumbai under the leadership of Chief Minister Eknathji Shinde."
(with PTI inputs)
