Swabhimani Paksha chief Raju Shetty regrets the delay by the Governor in taking a decision on the issue
Amid speculation of tension in relations between the farmer-focused Swabhimani Paksha and the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government over Swabhimani Paksha chief Raju Shetty’s nomination to the council, Mr Shetty clarified that his focus was on farmer issues, not farmers. on issues. On whether he got a seat on the council or not.
Shetti said that as of this date he has no particular interest in the matter, although Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar had promised him a place in the council and his name was in fact in the list of 12 names submitted by the tripartite MVA. Was. Led by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari,
Earlier this month, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had indicated that Mr Shetty’s name had been dropped from the list submitted to Mr Koshyari, who is yet to decide to fill MLC seats from the governor’s quota.
‘unconstitutional behavior’
“I have lost interest in this matter now… the governor can take whatever he wants,” he said. However, the fact that Mr. Koshyari has not taken any step in this regard even after almost a year, smacks of unconstitutional behavior on his part,” the farmer leader said. Hindu from Kolhapur.
The former MP, who is an influential leader in Kolhapur and other parts of Maharashtra’s sugar heartland, says he was more involved in resolving the pressing issue of payment of Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane farmers at this time and He planned to take on both the central and state governments which were considering paying the FRP to farmers in installments instead of one time.
Shetti said the fact that he was raising his voice on myriad issues against both the MVA and the BJP-led Center on behalf of farmers, may make the ruling government reconsider the inclusion of his name in the list. . For MLC.
“As far as I know, my name was not removed from the list as Sharad Pawar and NCP minister Jayant Patil until recently it was accepted that my nomination still existed… Mr. Pawar said it was the Governor who was dragging his feet. I have not received any communication from the NCP on the matter… My protest against the ruling government and the Center may have thrown me like a thorn from both sides, but as far as I know, my candidature is yet to come. also persists. List. Either way, I am not particularly interested in this matter,” Mr Shetty said.
The MVA government submitted the list to the governor on November 6, but Mr. Koshyari’s decision has since been put on hold, creating a lot of controversy in the state.
delay in appointments
Last month, Mr Pawar had questioned Mr Koshyari about the delay in appointments during a flag-hoisting event, while NCP’s ally Shiv Sena slammed the governor for his laxity in clearing the list submitted by the MVA government.
Recently, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray led a delegation of cabinet ministers from MVA to meet Mr. Koshyari and urge him to expedite the process. However, Mr. Koshyari is yet to extend his support to the proposed candidates of the MVA.
After winning the Shirol assembly seat as an independent in 2004, Shree Shetty won the 2009 general election by defeating NCP MP Nivedita Mane by a margin of over 95,000 votes. In 2014, he aligned his party with the BJP and was re-elected by a margin of over 1.77 lakh votes.
However, ever since Mr Shetty severed ties with the BJP-led NDA in August 2017, he has become a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi and Devendra Fadnavis governments at the Center and in the state.
Ahead of the 2019 parliamentary election, Mr Shetty had supported the NCP and the Congress. But the new alliance proved costly with Mr Shetty’s seemingly certain hold on Katkanangale by Shiv Sena’s young Patience Mane, who defeated him to snatch the crucial constituency in Kolhapur.
After his defeat, Shree Shetty was promised a seat in the governor’s quota in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, with the NCP being kind of backed. Compensation Arrangement.
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