Following the sudden death of Ajit Pawar, the Pawar family is holding a series of meetings in Baramati. Ajit Pawar’s elder son Parth Pawar closely follows and listens to his grandfather Sharad Pawar. Shattered by his father’s death, Parth expects his 85-year-old grandfather to come up with a solution that would be acceptable to all. The NCP wants to retain its hold in the government and in the party also even despite a potential party merger. Pawar family has come to a conclusion that if they remain divided, then, it would be difficult for them to survive. Therefore, they need to remain united to sustain in the long run.
Fadnavis asks officers to work for $5 tn economy
Soon after assuming the charge of the finance ministry, CM Devendra Fadnavis has asked the officers in the finance department to work in tandem to achieve the ambitious target of five trillion economy. Fadnavis, who is apparently aspired a prominent national leadership role, aims to showcase Maharashtra’s development model, similar to how Narendra Modi presented the Gujarat model ahead of 2014 general body elections. After projecting himself as the “metro man” and “infra man” Fadnavis now wants to add another feather in his cap by achieving the $5 trillion economy target. He has also formed a team to achieve the target.
Congress to launch talent hunt programme
Despite facing setbacks in electoral politics, the Congress has resolved to develop a large resource pool of talent that can showcase the India’s oldest political party legacy in right way along with secular and progressive ideology. As part of this exercise, the party needs the talented people who are committed to ideology so they have started the talent hunch programme. The selection of the candidate will be based on their knowledge on economy, politics, international relationships, trade deals. Targeting the youth, an oral test will be also conducted to test the fluency of the candidates in English, Hindi and regional language.
Sudhir Suryawanshi
Our correspondent in Maharashtra
suryawanshi.sudhir@gmail.com