Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday attacked the Maharashtra government over issues of corruption and said it’s time to oust them from power.
“The Mahayuti government is a government of scams, and there is widespread public anger against this unconstitutional government. While awarding contracts, they take a 50 per cent commission and it's time to oust this commission-seeking government from power,” Chennaithala, who is party’s in-charge of Maharashtra, said.
Noting the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s success in the recent Lok Sabha elections, Chennaithala said similar success should be achieved in the assembly elections, too. “Start working for this goal, fight unitedly, and victory will be ours,” he told party workers in Latur.
Chennithala, along with senior Congress leaders from the state, embarked on a tour of Marathwada and Vidarbha from Saturday. The tour began in Latur where these leaders held meetings with the Latur City, Latur Rural, Dharashiv, and Beed District Congress Committees to review the preparation for the Assembly elections. Following this, a felicitation ceremony for the newly elected MPs from Marathwada and a workers' gathering was organized.
Congress Legislative Party leader Balasaheb Thorat, Leader of the Opposition Vijay Wadettiwar, Legislative Council group leader Satej Bunty Patil, former ministers MLA Amit Deshmukh, Diliprao Deshmukh, Latur MP Dr. Shivajirao Kalge, Nanded MP Vasantrao Chavan, Jalna MP Dr. Kalyan Kale and MLA Dhiraj Deshmukh attended the event.
Earlier, the leaders paid tribute to Babasaheb Ambedkar by garlanding his statue.
Speaking at the event, State Congress President Nana Patole said that the BJP and the RSS control the Mahayuti government, and Eknath Shinde is merely a puppet. “Regarding the Maratha reservation issue, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde celebrated with gulaal, but he did not disclose the reason for this celebration. We do not know what discussions took place between Jarange Patil and the chief minister. The government's agenda is to commit all the sins and then blame the opposition,” he alleged.
Healso accused the BJP of trying to create conflicts between the two communities.
“The BJP is employing the ‘divide and rule’ strategy used by the British. The public must decide whether they want the Manusmriti system or the ideology of Shahu, Phule, and Ambedkar,” he said.
Patole added that in the Assembly elections, the MVA will win more than 185 seats, and the Congress will be the largest party in the state. After the Congress-MVA government comes to power, local self-government elections will also be held.
Balasaheb Thorat, the leader of the Congress Legislative Party said that the people of Nanded have clearly demonstrated that no one is greater than the public in a democracy. It doesn't matter if a prominent leader leaves the Congress party, because the people stand firmly behind Congress, he said.
