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Uddhav Thackeray led Maharashtra government is struggling to pay salaries to employees  but can purchase expensive cars for ministers. 

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In a very surprising move Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government has authorised the purchase of 6 new vehicles for ministers, deputies and senior officials of the state at the time when Maharashtra is struggling in all aspects amid the severe crisis caused due to coronavirus pandemic.

Quite astonishing is that this decision of approving the purchase of new cars of worth Rs 1.37 crore came when Maharashtra is facing liquidity crisis and cash crux and is reeling under an economic breakdown due to extended lockdown. As per reports, Maharashtra has suffered a huge revenue loss (in thousand crore) in the last four months during Covid-19 lockdown and is even struggling hard to pay salaries to the government employees. And in such a crucial situation buying vehicles definitely questions the policy and priority of the government.

According to the reports, the six cars are seven- seater Innova Crysta with each costing Rs 22.83 lakh. These cars are bought for the use of School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad, her deputy Bachchu Kadu, Sports Minister Sunil Kedar, his deputy Aditi Tatkare, the Additional Chief Secretary of the School Education and Sports Department, while the sixth car is for the office use of the department.

A GR (government resolution) was issued on July 3, Saturday giving sanction for the purchase of six cars from a Mumbai-based agency. It said that Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the vehicle review committee of the state finance department approved the proposal to purchase a seven seater multi utility vehicle for Gaikwad, who is the education minister,  as a special case. The total amount of Rs 22,83,086 for the vehicle includes the vehicle cost, GST, registration charges and accessories, it stated.

Why was a special provision passed for the purchase of vehicles? Was it because the allotted limit for the purchase of a car for a Minister of State is Rs 20 lakh? If all there was a dire need of buying the cars ( which in reality is not the case) what was the necessity of exceeding this limit?

As reported by news agency PTI, leader of Opposition in the Assembly and the Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, challenged the government’s move and questioned, “How can purchasing vehicles for ministers be the priority of the government in the present scenario?” “Buying vehicles cannot be the priority of the government at a time when it is allegedly deferring salaries of employees including health workers due to the COVID-19 crisis,” he added.

It is worth mentioning that Maharashtra is worst-hit by the novel coronavirus with around 1.93 lakh infected people and 8000 casualties. Maharashtra is a hotspot accounting for nearly one-third of the total cases in India as well as 40% of all deaths. 

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