MUMBAI, Sept 16: Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Shiv Sena (UBT)-Congress-Nationalist Congress Party have said they have been ‘vindicated’ on their assertions over the remarkable performance of the 30-month regime of ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, as now revealed under a RTI reply.
Top leaders of the Sena (UBT), Congress and others have reacted to a report published by IANS (September 15) highlighting the RTI reply to Pune businessman Praffull Sarda that triggered a major political debate here on Satur-day.
Taking off in full swing, Shiv Sena (UBT) President and ex-CM Thackeray tweeted the story and links, with an exhortation: “This news confirms that Uddhav Thackeray’s government was the one that provided maximum em-ployment even during the Covid pandemic period! A must read!”
Other senior party leaders have also taken to social media, either posting/reposting the IANS reports and Thack-eray’s post, including MPs Priyanka Chaturvedi, Raghunath Kuchik, Sachin Ahir and many others,
Ex-Minister and MLA Aditya Thackeray referred to the report briefly in his media interaction while on a tour of the districts of Nashik and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Saturday, and is likely to address a press conference on the RTI revelations on Sunday.
Top Congress leaders, including state President Nana Patole, Working President M. Arif Naseem Khan, Chief Spokesperson Atul Londhe, General Secretary Sachin Sawant and other leaders also reacted and posted/forwarded the report.
Patole pointed out that though it enjoyed a tenure of just 30 months (two-and-a-half years) before being uncer-emoniously ejected, the MVA government’s performance exceeded that of the previous BJP CM Devendra Fadnavis’ full five-year tenure.
“It was a challenging period which the MVA faced… It was also during that period when BJP unleashed central investigating agencies to topple the Thackeray government, with the help of the (then) Governor. No efforts were spared to harass and defame the MVA, both by the state and the Centre,” Patole said.
However, now the RTI replies have made it clear that despite all the obstacles created by the Opposition, the MVA government tackled all the crises well and emerged with flying colours on all fronts, “even better than this unethical and unconstitutional regime currently ruling the state”, Patole added. (IANS)
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