The agitation has mounted pressure on the Mahayuti government, which has formed a 10-member ministerial committee led by Maharashtra Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil to hold talks with stakeholders.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar held an important meeting on Friday with senior state officials. In this meeting, it was announced that this year's Ganesh Festival will be celebrated as a "Mahayuti Government's State Festival."
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday lambasted incidents of violence against Hindi speakers in Maharashtra after the Mahayuti government's move on three-language policy which was later withdrawn.
Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday strongly criticised the ruling Mahayuti government in Maharashtra after a purported video of Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad allegedly beating a "poor helpless" canteen worker went viral on social media.
Speaking to reporters outside the Maharashtra Assembly, Ashish Shelar said, "In the true sense, the Mahayuti government, and Devendra Fadnavis maintained complete loyalty to the Marathi mind, Marathi language, and Marathi people. BJP did not make it a prestige issue."
Currently, an honorarium ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 is provided as a pension benefit to people imprisoned during the Emergency. As per the cabinet, the honorarium amount will be twofold.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday slammed the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra for the Indrayani River bridge collapse in Pune and asked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar whether he would take responsibility for the accident, as he is the guardian minister of Pune.
Chief Minister Fadnavis said that land has been acquired for the Samruddhi Highway in record time. Due to this route, 24 districts of the state, including Vidarbha, Marathwada, and North Maharashtra, have been connected to JNPT port; now, this highway will be connected to Vadhan port. Rs 55
"It is a matter of joy for the Mahayuti government that the dream we had after 2014 is being fulfilled today. Samruddhi Mahamarg is not just a road. It is the corridor of Maharashtra's economy. We have created an engineering marvel here," Fadnavis said.
"The government is not taking climate (change) seriously. We are not against the development, but we are there to protect the climate. We are against the Vinash (destruction), not against Vikas (development)," Thackeray, former Environment Minister of Maharashtra, said while addressing a
Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday stated that the response from the Mahayuti government to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's remark on Eknath Shinde highlighted the government's intolerance towards any form of criticism.