Anger in people against CM Shinde: Ajit Pawar

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party NCP on Friday claimed bigticket projects had moved away from the state due to inefficiency of the Eknath Shindeled governmentAddressing an NCP meeting in the temple town of Shirdi in Ahmednagar district Ajit Pawar said lakhs of youths have missed employment opportunities in Maharashtra because of the state governments ineptitude and claimed there was tremendous anger against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde among peopleNCP president Sharad Pawar who is undergoing treatment in a Mumbai hospital joined the meeting through video conferencingAjit Pawar said Shinde who took oath on June 30 had told the state Assembly that investment up to Rs 4 lakh crore will come to Maharashtra with VedantaFoxconns semiconductor plant but he is now blaming the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government for the Rs 15 lakh crore project going to adjoining GujaratAlso Read Aaditya says rebel Sena MLAs should seek fresh mandate CM Shinde reactsThe Shinde government is not being truthful with people It is because of failure of this government that projects are moving away from Maharashtra As long as this government is in power unemployment will only grow said the former deputy CMAjit Pawar maintained the Opposition has been demanding declaration of a wet drought in the state due to crop losses in excessive rains in October but the government isnt doing anythingHe alleged many leaders from the NCP are being offered inducements to leave the party which was a constituent of the MVA governmentDont fall prey to such tactics Common citizens havent liked the way the Shiv Senas name and poll symbol were frozen following a rebellion in the party There is tremendous anger against Eknath Shinde among the people he saidThe NCP leader said even MLA Bacchu Kadu who is supporting the ShindeBharatiya Janata Party BJP government has opined that the chief minister wasnt right in staking claim over the Shiv SenaMonstrous ambition is not good Shinde is not capable of bringing bigticket projects to the state the former finance minister maintainedAjit Pawar asked NCP cadres to start preparing for elections to local bodies in the state including civic corporations in Mumbai Pune and Thane among other cities and not to wait for announcement of poll scheduleThis 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