Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis was also supposed to attend events in Kothrud, Vadgaonsherry and other places, but called for questioning at the BKC Cyber Police Station on Sunday by the police, but he canceled his visit to Pune on Saturday evening. declare. As a part of police investigation in Mumbai, phone tapping case. (See )
Ajit Pawar will participate in 31 events including inauguration of projects, Bhoomi Pujan at Sas, Dhankawadi, Katraj, Tingrenagar, Wanowri, while Fadnavis was to inaugurate the Nal Stop flyover.
BJP functionaries in the city said they are planning to go ahead with the inauguration of the projects in Fadnavis’s absence. Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, keen on Fadnavis’s presence at the inauguration of the Nal Stop flyover, said calling the former chief minister for questioning was a part of the “vendetta politics” of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
Mohol said, “We are planning to go ahead with the inauguration. After all, the facilities are for the common citizens. We will finalize the inauguration plan by Sunday afternoon. The party’s state president Chandrakant Patil is likely to be present.” We are checking our schedule,” Mohol said.
BJP’s city unit president Jagdish Mullick said that the MVA government’s attempt to suppress the voices of BJP leaders by issuing notices will not succeed. “Fadnavis was supposed to attend an event for the inauguration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s position at Vadgaonsheri on Sunday. Since he is unlikely to visit the city, we are planning to go ahead with the inauguration. Though MVA Govt. Will try to stop us from doing this. Good work, BJP will continue with the development work.”
Fadnavis, who was the then chief minister, was the face of civic polls in Pune in 2017. He carried on the campaign and secured a historic victory for his party by defeating the NCP. BJP sent more than 98 corporators to the civic body by reducing the number of NCP from 50.
The NCP, however, is now keen to regain the civic body in the upcoming elections under the leadership of Ajit Pawar. The NCP camp is hoping for a turnaround, especially as the party won two assembly seats (Vadgaonsheri and Hadapsar) in the 2019 state elections and lost the third seat (Khadakwasla) by a marginal margin. “Pawar will start his tour at 7 a.m. with Sus and his final program will be in Tingrenagar at 8 p.m. There are more than 31 tours and events scheduled throughout the day. It will be a busy day for our leader, as he will be in many areas. and covering the civilian wards,” said NCP spokesperson Pradeep Deshmukh.
NCP city unit chief Prashant Jagtap said it would not be fair to say that the inauguration was planned at the hands of Pawar before the elections. “The corporators have been working on these projects for the last two to three years. There were restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We were able to deliver the projects despite the BJP-ruled civic body allocating less funds to the NCP corporators, Jagtap said. said.