Ajit Pawar accuses Maha govt spending money extravagantly while ignoring key issue

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar accused the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government of spending money in an extravagant manner while ignoring the key issues being faced by common people and farmers.

The state government is extravagantly spending crores of rupees to show their smiling faces, instead of solving the woes of the common man. We have decided to boycott the invitation for high tea. Instead, we will meet the new Governor of Maharashtra, Ramesh Bais, and share our concerns with him, the former deputy chief minister said.

The state government announced aid for different purposes in the past some months, but that assistance is yet to reach the affected people or beneficiaries of schemes. I have noticed this during my recent visits to different places across Maharashtra, he said.

Inflation is going up, due to which the cost of production has increased for farmers. However, the agricultural produce is not getting a good price in the market, Pawar said. He announced that the opposition parties were boycotting the customary team party hosted by the Shinde government on the eve of the session.