‘United or not, Oppn no match for BJP’
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Jan 3, 2021, 06:00 IST
The BJP in November appointed
MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar, 54, to head the party’s campaign for next year’s
BMC polls. The party sees the civic election as an opportunity to settle scores with its ally-turned-foe, Shiv Sena, by wresting control of the country’s richest corporation.
Bhatkhalkar is a second-term legislator from Kandivali East. He has held organisational posts in the party’s Mumbai and Maharashtra units.
Bhatkhalkar expects the February 2022 polls to be a multi-corner contest.
He spoke to Mumbai Mirror on the party’s strategy for the high-stakes election.
Uddhav Thackeray
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has dropped the idea of building the Mumbai Metro-3 carshed at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC). For now, at least. Of the firm view that the 102-acre land at Kanjurmarg earmarked by it for the project, which is now under litigation, was the most suitable for the project, the state government has instead decided to set up a high-level committee under Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar to re-examine the legal, technical and financial feasibility of building an integrated carshed at Kanjurmarg.
With a Bombay High Court stay halting the carshed construction work till February, the CS-headed panel will also be asked to look afresh for alternative locations to relocate the project. Sources confirmed that formal orders regarding the formation of the committee will be issued in a day or two.
CM Uddhav Thackeray
An administrator par excellence, Sharad Pawar quietly wrote to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to express concern over a large number of vacant posts in the bureaucracy. While several bureaucrats have been holding additional charge of key departments, several officers were kept waiting for long.
After being relieved of his post as GST commissioner, additional chief secretary Rajeev Jalota had to wait a year. He was appointed in the higher and technical education department for a brief period. He then took up central deputation and was appointed to head the Mumbai Port Trust. Others include additional chief secretary Rajesh Kumar, Bhushan Gagrani and former MD of Metro, Ashwini Bhide, who were kept waiting from one to three months. They have been adjusted in the rural, urban development departments and BMC respectively.
Sharad Pawar writes to CM Uddhav Thackeray on posting of babus
ByPrafulla MarpakwarPrafulla Marpakwar / Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 14:43 IST
An administrator par excellence,
Uddhav Thackeray to express concern over a large number of
vacant posts in the bureaucracy. While
several bureaucrats have been holding additional charge of key departments, several officers were kept waiting for long.
After being relieved of his post as GST commissioner, additional chief secretary Rajeev Jalota had to wait a year. He was appointed in the higher and technical education department for a brief period. He then took up central deputation and was appointed to head the Mumbai Port Trust. Others include additional chief secretary Rajesh Kumar, Bhushan Gagrani and former MD of Metro, Ashwini Bhide, who were kept waiting from one to three months. They have been adjusted in the rural, urban development departments and BMC respectively.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
MUMBAI: Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray is likely to set up another committee to find a solution to the Metro 3 car shed impasse. It may be headed by chief secretary Sanjay Kumar, sources said, reports Manthan K Mehta.
If set up, it would be the third panel to look into the issue. The first, formed in 2015 and headed by then MMRDA chief U P S Madan, favoured Kanjurmarg provided the land was made available in three months as any delay, it said, could impact the project’s timeline. The Devendra Fadnavis government chose Aarey as the Kanjurmarg land was under litigation.