Social justice dept would shut if funds are cut: Maha Min writes to CM Fadnavis

Maharashtra's Minister for social justice, Sanjay Shirsat objected to his own government's policy on Monday, as he claimed funds of his department are being cut.

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He said that he has conveyed his problems to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and CM Devendra Fadnavis, that if the cut happens in the future, he will have problems doing his work.

"Ladli Bahin Yojana has been very important for us, because of that we have come to power. So this scheme should never be stopped. Funds should be released for that (by the Maharashtra government)," the Social Justice Minister said to the media in Mumbai.

Shirsat, who is a Shiv Sena MLA had claimed that he had officially rejected the order on reallocation of funds from his department when he got a file on it in February of this year, where he wrote that such cuts are not acceptable. He informed that currently the department has an allocation of nearly 3 thousand crores, but if the funds are reduced then the department would have to be shut down.