All schemes presented in Maharashtra budget are permanent: CM Shinde on Uddhav Thackeray's jibe

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said that all schemes announced in the recent state budget including provision of three free gas cylinders and monthly aid to women are permanent as provisions have been made for them reported the PTICM Shindes comment came after Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray accused the state government of luring women voters with the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana ahead of assembly polls and asserted the initiative will stop in two to three months as per the PTIThe scheme to provide Rs 1500 every month and Rs 18000 annually to women plus the three cylinder free is a Raksha Bandhan gift to sisters The scheme to waive electricity bills of farmers is also permanent All monetary provisions have been made This is a longlasting scheme CM Shinde told reporters in Maharashtras Nagpur according to the PTI atOptions key d0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7 format iframe height 90 width 728 params In the Maharashtra budget that was tabled in the assembly last week Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar announced sops ahead of state polls which are likely to be held in OctoberNovemberAjit Pawar announced Mukhyamantri Annapoorna Yojana aimed at giving three free cylinders to women Mukhyamantri Yuva Karyaprashikshan Yojana Mukhyamantri Krishi Pump Yojana as well as Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana in which eligible women in the 2160 age group will get a monthly allowance of Rs 1500 and a scheme to provide free education to womenAddressing party workers in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Uddhav Thackeray said Many schemes are being launched This is a ploy to lure women voters before the polls The schemes are only for twothree months Their the ruling alliance government will not return and even if it returns the schemes will be wrapped up after that the PTI reportedSchemes are being announced but there is a drought when it comes to their implementation The government is trying to hide its sins with these schemes Uddhav Thackeray allegedHe also renewed his demand to waive farm loans in line with the governments announcement of a scheme to write off electricity bills of farmersUddhav Thackeray accused the BJP of driving a wedge between castes in MaharashtraThe Shiv Sena UBT leader demanded that the Centre increase the cap of 50 per cent reservation by passing a law in Parliament to facilitate quota for Marathas and other communities without hurting the interests of Other Backward Classes as per the PTISpeaking about the recent Lok Sabha polls Uddhav Thackeray said the defeat of his party candidates in Aurangabad Raigad and RatnagiriSindhudurg hit him hardHe urged his workers to ask voters the reason behind party candidate Chandrakant Khaires loss from AurangabadUddhav Thackeray said Shiv Sena leader Sandipan Bhumres win in Aurangabad was achieved by stealing his partys name and symbolThe former CM acknowledged the burning torch symbol of the Shiv Sena UBT which it got post the split could not effectively reach people in the Lok Sabha pollsHitting back Shinde said Thackeray should stop whining as people voted for the Shiv Sena since the latter had abandoned the ideals of founder Bal ThackerayFor how long will you whine People voted for us because he Thackeray abandoned the ideals of Balasaheb We fought 13 seats against them and won sevenTheir Shiv Sena UBT strike is 42 per cent and ours is 47 per cent CM Shinde saidThe Shiv Sena UBT contested 21 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra and won nine while the Shindeled Sena contested 15 seats and emerged victorious on seven In direct fights between the two parties on 13 seats the Shiv Sena won sevenCM Shinde asserted the Lok Sabha results had showed people voted from his party adding the assembly polls will make it more evident whose party is the real Shiv SenaSpeaking in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Thackeray had said the assembly polls likely to be held in OctoberNovember will be fought on Maharashtras selfrespectThe Shiv Sena split in June 2022 after Shinde rebelled against then CM Thackeray and brought down the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentCM Eknath Shinde then formed government with the support of the BJP His faction was later given the party name and bow and arrow symbolwith PTI inputs atOptions key d0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7 format iframe height 90 width 728 params