Shinde-Fadnavis govt reverses half a dozen decisions of MVA dispensation

The Eknath ShindeBJP government in Maharashtra has either stayed or reversed at least half a dozen decisions taken by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA regime including shifting of the Aarey Metro car shed and restoring general consent to the CBI to probe cases in the stateThe latest decision of the state government which completed 100 days in the office earlier this month visavis the Central Bureau of Investigation was significant given the then Shiv Senaled MVA government had withdrawn the consent to the probe agency citing its misuse to settle political scoresThe incumbent government was formed after Eknath Shinde rebelled against Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and walked out with at least 40 of the 55 MLAs leading to the collapse of the MVA government Shinde took oath as the chief minister with Bharatiya Janata Partys Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy in June this yearNotably after coming to power in November 2019 the then MVA government comprising Shiv Sena Nationalist Congress Party NCP and Congress scrapped certain policy decisions of its predecessor BJPShiv Sena government led by FadnavisAlso read Mumbai BMC to help solve your debris problemThe Shinde government decided to bring back the four policy decisions taken by the Fadnavis government during 20142019 but were subsequently scrapped by the MVA regimeThese decisions include restoring the voting rights of farmers to Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee APMC markets restarting pension for the people jailed during the Emergency and electing village heads and municipal council presidents directly from the peopleThe Maharashtra Agriculture Produce and Marketing Development and Regulation Act 1963 allows only members of gram panchayats agriculture credit societies and multipurpose cooperative societies to elect the members of APMCsIn August 2017 the then BJPShiv Sena government brought an amendment to the legislation and gave farmers the right to elect the members and chairpersons of APMCs in the area where they sell their produceIn January 2020 the MVA government cancelled this provision and went back to the older procedure wherein members of gram panchayats multipurpose cooperative societies and agriculture credit societies elected the APMC board claiming the APMC does not have enough funds to conduct elections on such a large scaleThe Shinde government decided to restore the voting rights of farmers who own 025 acre 1000 square metres of land and have sold their produce in the APMC market at least three times in the last five years where he or she seeks to be a voter The electoral changes were seen as a bid by the government to break the stronghold of the NCP and Congress in the cooperative sector and local bodiesPension for activists who were jailed during the Emergency was also reinstated by the Shinde governmentThose who were jailed for more than a month during the Emergency will get Rs 10000 pension from August 1 If the person is deceased hisher spouse will get Rs 5000 as a pension In case the jail term was less than one month then the figures will stand at Rs 5000 and Rs 2500 respectivelyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever