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Ajit Pawar urges state govt to set up economic development corporation for welfare of ageing folk artists

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 29, 2023 14:14 IST

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) senior leader Ajit Pawar said an economic development corporation should be set up by the ...

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) senior leader Ajit Pawar said an economic development corporation should be set up by the Maharashtra government for the welfare of elderly folk artists who have turned elderly now.

In a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly also suggested that the corporation be named after late folk artist Vithabai Narayangaonkar.

The corporation is necessary for the needs related to accommodation, food, medication of retired and elderly folk artists, and education of their children, Pawar said. During their active years as folk artists, they brought glory to the state’s culture and folk art, he noted. There should be an old age home for the folk artists, he added.

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