The Congress and NCP on Sunday boycotted a customary tea party hosted by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here on the eve of winter session of the state Legislature and accused the BJP-Shiv Sena government of failing on all fronts.
The opposition leaders also reiterated that a scam of Rs 4000 crore has taken place in distribution of pulses in the state.
In a joint press conference, leaders of the NCP and the Congress accused the BJP-led NDA government of failing to rein in suicides by farmers.
“...There is a shortfall in revenue collection; malnutrition deaths are on rise, the crime rate is also on rise in state, particularly in Nagpur,” said the Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil of Congress.
He was echoed by other leaders including the Leader of Opposition in Council, Dhananjay Munde and former deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (both NCP).
“The combined opposition has boycotted the customary tea party with Chief Minister (in protest against) the BJP-Shiv Sena government’s failure on every front,” said Vikhe Patil.
He said the saffron alliance of BJP and Sena had accused the Congress-NCP combine of “misrule” of 15 years when they came to power last year.
“However, within a span of one year this government has undermined 15 years of our work,” the Congress leader told reporters after emerging from a combined meeting of the opposition parties.
Vikhe Patil said the government stood “fully exposed” in the pulses scam and “we have already demanded resignation of Food and Civil Supplies Minister (Girish Bapat)”.