Often these sugar mills have to apply for loans from the Centre-run National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). Representational pic/PTI
According to sources, authorized proposals of mortgage don’t embrace the sugar mills related to income minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and former minister Pankaja Munde. This has raised eyebrows and the difficulty of ‘infighting’ within the state BJP
Sugar cooperative mills play a serious function in Maharashtra politics and that’s the reason there are powerful fights in elections for these factories. Big state leaders both contest these polls or put their would possibly behind the panel of native supporters. But for the reason that previous few years, many sugar mills have been dealing with a monetary crunch due to sluggish home demand, no exports, and a rise within the costs of sugarcane and not using a commensurate rise in sugar costs.
Often these sugar mills have to apply for loans from the Centre-run National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). After fastidiously inspecting the audits of those sugar mills, the NCDC makes its resolution. This time, the Maharashtra authorities had additionally despatched purposes of sugar mills run by BJP leaders for ‘margin cash mortgage’. But the NCDC didn’t approve the purposes, saying the sugar mills don’t match within the standards.
The state cooperative division was instructed by the NCDC that if the Maharashtra authorities takes accountability for the reimbursement of this large mortgage, then the company will assume positively concerning the proposal. So the cooperative division made the proposal for a mortgage of Rs 1,023.57 crore for 9 sugar mills related to BJP bigwigs like union minister of state Raosaheb Danve, state income minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, former deputy chief minister Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, former ministers Panakja Munde and Harshvardhan Patil, Member of Parliament Dhananjay Mahadik, and MLA Abhimanyu Pawar.
This proposal was offered within the state cupboard for approval in April. But, surprisingly, just a few ministers from the BJP opposed it. They raised the priority that If the federal government helps just a few sugar mills then the mistaken message may very well be despatched to the general public. It was supported by ministers from the Eknath Shinde camp together with the finance and planning division of the state authorities. The opposition additionally raised its voice, threatening to go to court docket. A cupboard subcommittee was appointed, which took a choice on sure parameters by approving the proposals of six sugar mills of Rs 550 crore.
According to sources, the authorized proposals for loans don’t embrace the sugar mills related to income minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and former minister Pankaja Munde. This has raised eyebrows and once more the difficulty of “infighting” within the state BJP is being mentioned within the political corridors of Maharashtra. Panakja Munde, who was a cupboard minister within the Devendra Fadnavis authorities, by no means had a cordial relationship with the then CM. When her father and BJP high chief Gopinath Munde was alive, he was the face of Maharashtra BJP. Following his dying, there have been talks that Pankaja might grow to be the primary girl CM of Maharashtra. In 2014, the BJP received the Maharashtra elections and Devendra Fadnavis was made the CM and Panakja Munde was made a cupboard minister. But the variations between Fadnavis and her have elevated, say sources.
According to political analysts, after changing into the CM of Maharashtra in 2014, Fadnavis tactically focused these BJP leaders who opposed him. Some analysts are of the opinion that scams, which got here out in opposition to senior BJP leaders and former minister Eknath Khadse, Vinod Tawde, and Pankaja Munde had been a part of that technique.
In January, Pankaja remained absent through the official go to of Fadnavis on her house turf. Fadnavis additionally didn’t think about Pankaja’s identify whereas appointing candidates for the earlier state legislative council elections. After getting the put up of BJP nationwide secretary, Panakja has made it clear that her leaders are Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and JP Nadda.
Another BJP chief who has obtained a lot consideration in a really quick interval since becoming a member of the get together is Radhakrishana Vikhe Patil. Being the chief of the opposition from 2014 to 2019, Vikhe Patil took Fadnavis head-on when the latter was CM. Regarding allegations levelled by Vikhe Patil on the Mumbai metropolis growth plan, Fadnavis had additionally despatched him a authorized discover. But later Vikhe Patil joined the BJP. When the disqualification plea of the Uddhav Thackeray camp in opposition to Eknath Shinde and his MLAs was within the Supreme Court, there was hypothesis that Vikhe Patil might grow to be the following chief minister if the apex court docket order was in opposition to Shinde. His entry to high BJP leaders within the nationwide capital in a short while has raised eyebrows amongst get together leaders within the state. According to sources, Fadnavis had expressed his displeasure to Vikhe Patil relating to his working type and the best way he’s working the essential division of state income.
According to stories, Vikhe Patil’s identify could also be thought-about for the put up of CM of Maharashtra within the 2024 meeting elections as a result of there’s a probability that Fadnavis might get elevated to nationwide politics. In such a situation, Vikhe Patil and Pankaja’s sugar mills discovering no place within the mortgage checklist is garnering consideration. It additionally signifies what sign Fadnavis needs to ship to these leaders who might go in opposition to him within the close to future. After all, sugar mill politics holds the important thing to the politics of Maharashtra.