ONGC barge tragedy: MVA seeks Dharmendra Pradhan s resignation
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Mumbai, May 20 : As the toll in the Arabian Sea barge tragedy rose to 37, Maharashtra s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies on Thursday demanded that Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must be held accountable and should quit over the loss of precious human lives.
Hitting out at the Centre, Shiv Sena MP and senior leader Arvind Sawant said that if there had been a similar tragedy in Maharashtra, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leaders would have sought resignations of the people in the government.
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As the toll in the Arabian Sea barge tragedy rose to 37, Maharashtra s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies on Thursday demanded that Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must be held accountable and should quit over the loss of precious human lives. Hitting out at the Centre, Shiv Sena MP and senior leader Arvind Sawant said that if there had been a similar tragedy in Maharashtra, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leaders would have sought resignations of the people in the government. The ONGC is under the Petroleum Ministry headed by Dharmendra Pradhan. Why don t the BJP leaders seek his resignation? Who will be held accountable for the huge loss of lives in this tragedy, give compensation and other relief. Merely pointing fingers won t do? Sawant said. Terming it as a man-made tragedy , Congress State Spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that 37 innocent people on the Barge Papaa-305 died when it sank, while another 38-plus are missing.
Coming under attack, Ajit Pawar cancels tender for hiring agency for publicity
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Our work speaks for us, says Deputy CM office
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Our work speaks for us, says Deputy CM office
Faced with criticism for seeking a private agency to handle publicity of his office, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday ordered to cancel the tender.
The State General Administration Department had on Wednesday floated a tender seeking an external agency to look after Mr. Pawar’s publicity across various social media platforms and to disseminate information, increase outreach on public-oriented decisions, and highlight announcements made by his office. The total cost of the tender was pegged at ₹5.98 crore for the year 2021-22.
Row over MLA hostel in Maharashtra
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May 08, 2021 01:23 IST
BJP questions MVA government’s decision of allocating tenders worth ₹900 crore for the hostel, Congress shoots back saying decision to revamp hostel taken in 2018 under Devendra Fadnavis.
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BJP questions MVA government’s decision of allocating tenders worth ₹900 crore for the hostel, Congress shoots back saying decision to revamp hostel taken in 2018 under Devendra Fadnavis. As Congress questions the central government’s expenditure on central vista project in Delhi, Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra has now questioned the decision of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to issue ₹900 crore tenders for Manora MLA hostel in the time of the pandemic.