This story is from September 23, 2021

Alarmed by BJP attack, MVA in strategy huddle

Alarmed by BJP attack, MVA in strategy huddle
MUMBAI: Alarmed by the damage caused to the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s image by allegations of corruption and irregularities, MVA leaders had a meeting with CM Uddhav Thackeray and deputy CM Ajit Pawar following Wednesday’s Cabinet meet for drafting a strategy to take on BJP. The strategy that has emerged is to initiate action against BJP’s ministers from the erstwhile state government led by Devendra Fadnavis, a minister told TOI.
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“We met after the weekly cabinet meeting. The general view was that a section of BJP leaders was making baseless and reckless allegations against cabinet members, and the MVA had been unable to give a fitting reply to the BJP, As a result, the image of the MVA government has been adversely affected. Both Thackeray and Pawar have granted the green signal to initiate action against BJP cabinet members from the erstwhile BJP-led government. The responsibility of drafting the strategy has been entrusted to three Cabinet members,” the minister said.
The minister said the strategy team will have one member each from the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress. “The team has swung into action, and the results will be visible in a day or two. In fact, in the past too, attempts were made to expose cabinet members from the erstwhile BJP government, but in the absence of approval from the political leadership, no decision was taken,” the minister said.
BJP leaders have made corruption charges against transport minister Anil Parab, rural development minister Hasan Mushrif and former home minister Anil Deshmukh. Parab has filed a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against BJP’s Kirit Somaiya, while Mushrif has served a legal notice. “The MVA government has asked both Parab and Mushrif to take the judicial proceedings to their logical end,” the minister said.
Elaborating on the strategy to “expose” former BJP cabinet members, the minister said the Anti-Corruption Bureau has already launched a probe into Fadnavis’s dream project, the Jalyukta Shivar scheme, while a committee has been set up to probe the then forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar’s massive tree plantation scheme.
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