The BJP should not indulge in fake protests on the issue, Nana Patole said
Nana Patole. File Pic
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should apologise and also get Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar to do the same for the injustice done to the youth through contract recruitment.
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The BJP should not indulge in fake protests on the issue, he added.
The BJP held protests in several parts of the state during the day asking the Maha Vikas Aghadi and previous Congress-led dispensations as well as its leaders like Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar to apologise for bringing in contract recruitment into the process of government hiring.
"Devendra Fadnavis and BJP have deprived the youth of the state of jobs. The projects coming into the state were diverted to Gujarat and the lives of the youth have been ruined by making a mess of the government recruitments. Therefore, BJP and Devendra Fadnavis should stop this gimmick (of protests) and apologise, and also ask CM Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, to apologise as well," Nana Patole said.
He further said that the BJP is number one in peddling lies.
"The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh teaches you to lie. That is why BJP leaders are constantly telling lies. Devendra Fadnavis also tried to mislead people about the contract recruitment issue but the people of the state especially the youth understood this falsehood of the BJP. While 2.5 lakh government posts are vacant in the state, the BJP government is not filling these posts. The BJP is behind the scams in teacher recruitment, police recruitment, MPSC exams, and talathi recruitment," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
Attacking the BJP over farmer suicides, unemployment, and industries moving out of Maharashtra, Patole claimed several youths who cleared exams were yet to get appointment letters even after two to three years.
"Last month a GR (government resolution) was issued to fill the highly important posts like that of tehsildar and naib tehsildar on a contract basis instead of recruitment through MPSC exams. Fadnavis is trying desperately to keep his clean image by blaming others," Patole said.
The BJP government in the state has deprived lakhs of the youth of jobs by allowing projects like Vedanta Foxconn, Tata Airbus, etc to leave the state and set up units elsewhere, he said.
"Farmers' suicides have increased, there is no remunerative price for farm produce, crime has increased, inflation is at an all-time high, and bullying by ruling MLAs and MPs has gone up," Patole alleged.
"Even if the BJP, Fadnavis, and (state unit chief) Chandrashekhar Bawankule apologise a hundred times to the people of Maharashtra, their sins will not be washed away. People have recognised the BJP's sinister plans and will teach them a lesson by sending them home (defeat in polls)," Patole said.
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