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Ajit Pawar defends diverting SC/ST funds to Ladki Bahin
Hindustan Times Mumbai
|May 05, 2025
After Shiv Sena leader and social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat lambasted the finance department for diverting ₹746 crore from the social justice and tribal welfare departments to Ladki Bahin beneficiaries, finance minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday riposted that this was a cabinet decision taken with the assent of all the three Mahayuti parties.
htmumbai@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI:
Meanwhile, BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule supported Ajit's contention.
On May 2, the state government issued a government resolution (GR) to divert ₹410.30 crore from the social justice department—which looks after schemes meant for scheduled castes (SCs)—and ₹335.70 crore from the tribal development department, which oversees scheduled tribe (ST) schemes. The funds, the GR stated, were to go to SC and ST beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin scheme.
This story is from the May 05, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Mumbai.
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