Aid under 'Kanyadan Yojana' to be increased to Rs 25,000: Maharashtra CM Shinde

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has said the financial aid under the state governments Kanyadan Yojana will be increased from Rs 10000 to Rs 25000 reported the PTIThe scheme aims to empower women by providing them financial help for marriageA government resolution in this regard will be issued soon CM Shinde said at a gathering in Palghar in Maharashtra on SaturdayHe also addressed concerns related to the tribal communities and said issues like gaothan expansion implementation of Forest Rights Act extension of PESA Act benefits to Adivasis and Other Backward Classes would be looked into judiciouslyMeanwhile CM Shinde on Saturday addressed party workers in Palghar district urging them to ignore allegations from the opposition and instead focus on securing over 45 seats for the ruling coalition in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections the PTI reportedSpeaking to a gathering of party activists in Manor Shinde took aim at the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT and Congress accusing them of a singular agenda of cut commission and corruption during their tenure in power as per PTIHe asserted that the opposition is levelling baseless charges as it is unable to digest the fast pace of work being done by Mahayuti comprising Shindeled Shiv Sena BJP and NCP group under Ajit PawarldquoJust as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that is baar 400 paar in Maharashtra it should be more than 45 seatsrdquo he said The state sends 48 MPs to the Lok SabhaCM Shinde also responded to the oppositions allegations including the demand for his resignation in the wake of the recent shootings involving politiciansThe government has come under sharp criticism from the opposition after Sena UBT leader Abhishek Ghosalkar was shot dead in Mumbai during a Facebook Live session on Thursday Last week a BJP MLA shot at a leader of Shiv Sena from KalyanThe police are doing their job and the home minister Devendra Fadnavis is capable enough to manage his department Shinde said adding ldquoDefinitely these incidents were unfortunate but the truth cannot be hidden for a long timerdquoCM Shinde hit back at the opposition over its demand for giving a ldquofree handrdquo to the police saying people have seen what happened when these parties were running the government ldquoThere was a collection of Rs 100 crore and the then home minister was jailedrdquo he saidThe CM referred to the 2020 Sadhu lynching in Palghar district the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his manager Disha Salian and the planting of explosives near billionaire Mukesh Ambanis home in response to the opposition charge of deteriorating law and order situation in the stateHe also talked about the action against ldquothose who chanted Hanuman Chalisardquo and the arrest of Union minister Narayan Rane some years ago in Maharashtra in his retort to the opposition drawing parallels between Maharashtra and Bihar over crimesWith PTI inputs