By way of PTI
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Congress has demanded {that a} particular consultation of the state legislature be convened to talk about problems together with the loss of life of greater than a dozen other folks because of sunstroke closing month and protests in opposition to a proposed oil refinery venture at Barsu in Ratnagiri district.
A Congress delegation made the call for to Governor Ramesh Bais all the way through a gathering with him on the Raj Bhavan right here on Tuesday.
Significantly, 14 other folks died because of sunstroke after attending the ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award tournament within the Kharghar space of Navi Mumbai on April 16.
A bit of citizens in and round Barsu in Ratnagiri had been opposing the proposed refinery as they concern the mega venture will adversely impact the delicate biodiversity of the coastal Konkan area and likewise hit their livelihood.
Talking to newshounds after assembly the governor on Tuesday, state Congress president Nana Patole alleged the incident that happened in Kharghar all the way through the ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award rite was once a “state-sponsored homicide” and until date no case has been registered on this connection.
“Deficient making plans of the federal government was once answerable for the incident. It must be investigated by means of a top courtroom pass judgement on,” he mentioned.
Patole additionally claimed that the Barsu refinery venture was once being imposed by means of the federal government on locals regardless of their opposition.
The state govt was once the usage of police power to oppress the locals and it needs to break the pristine surroundings of Konkan, he additional claimed.
Patole additional mentioned farmers have suffered losses because of unseasonal rains and hailstorms and so they must be given instant lend a hand. The cultivators had been devastated by means of the elements alternate and the velocity of farmer suicides has higher within the state, he mentioned.
The Congress chief mentioned they have got demanded that the governor name a distinct consultation of the legislature to talk about these kinds of problems. The delegation incorporated former Maharashtra leader minister Ashok Chavan and state Congress running president Naseem Khan.
Chavan mentioned all the way through the former Maha Vikas Aghadi govt (which comprised the then unidivided Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress), the Maratha Reservation Sub-Committee chairman had demanded that the 50 according to cent quota ceiling be comfy.
It’s not conceivable to offer reservation to the Maratha neighborhood with out expanding the reservation ceiling from the present 50 according to cent. This factor was once additionally raised by means of MPs in Parliament, however the Narendra Modi govt didn’t take a call on it, he mentioned.
A healing petition will even yield not anything.
In Chhattisgarh, 58 according to cent reservation is now being carried out, Chavan mentioned. Like Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra must additionally get the convenience for reservation to the Maratha neighborhood. The governor must tell the central govt about this, he added.
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Congress has demanded {that a} particular consultation of the state legislature be convened to talk about problems together with the loss of life of greater than a dozen other folks because of sunstroke closing month and protests in opposition to a proposed oil refinery venture at Barsu in Ratnagiri district.
A Congress delegation made the call for to Governor Ramesh Bais all the way through a gathering with him on the Raj Bhavan right here on Tuesday.
Significantly, 14 other folks died because of sunstroke after attending the ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award tournament within the Kharghar space of Navi Mumbai on April 16.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
A bit of citizens in and round Barsu in Ratnagiri had been opposing the proposed refinery as they concern the mega venture will adversely impact the delicate biodiversity of the coastal Konkan area and likewise hit their livelihood.
Talking to newshounds after assembly the governor on Tuesday, state Congress president Nana Patole alleged the incident that happened in Kharghar all the way through the ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award rite was once a “state-sponsored homicide” and until date no case has been registered on this connection.
“Deficient making plans of the federal government was once answerable for the incident. It must be investigated by means of a top courtroom pass judgement on,” he mentioned.
Patole additionally claimed that the Barsu refinery venture was once being imposed by means of the federal government on locals regardless of their opposition.
The state govt was once the usage of police power to oppress the locals and it needs to break the pristine surroundings of Konkan, he additional claimed.
Patole additional mentioned farmers have suffered losses because of unseasonal rains and hailstorms and so they must be given instant lend a hand. The cultivators had been devastated by means of the elements alternate and the velocity of farmer suicides has higher within the state, he mentioned.
The Congress chief mentioned they have got demanded that the governor name a distinct consultation of the legislature to talk about these kinds of problems. The delegation incorporated former Maharashtra leader minister Ashok Chavan and state Congress running president Naseem Khan.
Chavan mentioned all the way through the former Maha Vikas Aghadi govt (which comprised the then unidivided Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress), the Maratha Reservation Sub-Committee chairman had demanded that the 50 according to cent quota ceiling be comfy.
It’s not conceivable to offer reservation to the Maratha neighborhood with out expanding the reservation ceiling from the present 50 according to cent. This factor was once additionally raised by means of MPs in Parliament, however the Narendra Modi govt didn’t take a call on it, he mentioned.
A healing petition will even yield not anything.
In Chhattisgarh, 58 according to cent reservation is now being carried out, Chavan mentioned. Like Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra must additionally get the convenience for reservation to the Maratha neighborhood. The governor must tell the central govt about this, he added.