Ladki Bahin scheme 'more or less finished': Aaditya Thackeray

The Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday claimed the Maharashtra governments flagship Ladki Bahin scheme has more or less ended and the ruling dispensation was planning to remove lakhs of women from the beneficiary list according to the PTISpeaking at a party event Aaditya Thackeray further claimed that the Devendra Fadnavisled government is in power only due to the Election Commissions blessings and termed the ruling Mahayuti coalition as demonic as per the PTIAaditya Thackerays remarks came a day after Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar who holds charge of the finance department said that budgetary allocation for the Ladki Bahin scheme has been made and there is no question of scrapping itUnder the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana which is believed to have played a key role in the victory of the Mahayuti comprising the BJP Shiv Sena and NCP in the state polls last year women are provided Rs 1500 every monthThere is a talk whether the amount will be slashed to Rs 500 or whether beneficiaries will continue to get Rs 1500 We were planning to give Rs 3000 promised by opposition MVA before polls Aaditya Thackeray said according to the PTIHe said Ladki Bahin Yojana has more or less ended They government will not give Rs 2100 as promised and I doubt whether they women will get even Rs 1500The Mahayuti before the state polls last year promised to raise the Ladki Bahin schemes monthly instalment to Rs 2100The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA comprising the Shiv Sena UBT Congress and Sharad Pawars NCP SP had promised to provide an assistance of Rs 3000 per month to womenYou need a certain level of shamelessness that after forming government with a thumping majority you dont include any of your poll promises in the first budget of the government Aaditya Thackeray said the news agency reportedThe former state further claimed the government was planning to exclude lakhs of women from the Ladki Bahin schemes beneficiary listThey have removed lakhs of women from the scheme They are taking back money from the accounts where money was transferred and I have also heard that police will also take action against women for a scam the Shiv Sena UBT leader saidMeanwhile on Tuesday state Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare said no change has been made in the amount of assistance paid under the scheme but some 774 lakh women already getting Rs 1000 under another scheme are being paid the difference of Rs 500Aaditya Thackeray claimed the Devendra Fadnavis government has not brought a single new scheme for the youthIt is the biggest crime to expect any justice from the home minister Fadnavis he chargedIf you expect justice from the home minister you will be booked for a nonbailable offence he allegedAaditya Thackeray also claimed that farmers have been duped as neither their loans will be waived nor electricity bills the news agency reportedwith PTI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params