By PTI
MUMBAI: The NCP has determined to “temporarily” give cost of portfolios held by jailed Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik to his cabinet colleagues from the get together, however the ruling coalition accomplice won’t search his resignation, Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil mentioned on Thursday.
Patil, who can be the NCP’s Maharashtra unit president, mentioned the get together’s determination can be conveyed to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who, he added, will take the ultimate name on this regard.
Interacting with media individuals right here after attending a gathering referred to as by NCP president Sharad Pawar to debate the difficulty, Patil maintained the get together won’t take Malik’s resignation because the latter “was arrested in a wrong manner”.
The assembly happened at Sharad Pawar’s residence right here. It was attended by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, ministers Chhagan Bhujbal and Dilip Walse Patil and get together’s senior leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare, apart from Patil.
Malik, a senior NCP chief, is a cabinet minister who holds minority affairs and talent improvement portfolios within the Shiv Sena-led MVA authorities.
The 62-year-old NCP chief, arrested in late February by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in reference to an alleged cash laundering case, is at present in jail underneath judicial custody.
Malik, who heads the NCP’s Mumbai unit, can be the guardian minister for Parbhani and Gondia districts. “His bail plea was rejected once again (recently). Hence, the charge of his responsibilities (portfolios) will be given to others in the next two to four days. We have decided to make this alternate temporary arrangement until he is available again,” Patil mentioned.
He mentioned the small print as to who will get cost of Malik’s portfolios can be declared after the identical is knowledgeable to the chief minister first.
According to sources, the NCP could give the cost of minority affairs portfolio to Housing Development Minister Jitendra Awhad. The cost of the talent improvement division could go to Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif, they added.
Patil mentioned the cost of Malik’s guardian ministerships of Parbhani and Gondia can be given to Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde and Minister of State for Urban Development Prajakt Tanpure, respectively.
A proper request on this regard can be made to the chief minister, who will take a remaining name, the NCP minister added.
Patil additional mentioned Malik will proceed to stay the get together’s Mumbai unit chief.
However, the get together has determined to nominate two working presidents, Narendra Rane and Rakhi Jadhav, within the Mumbai unit in view of the forthcoming civic polls in Mumbai, he added.
On BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis’s comment in Nagpur that the BJP will win single-handedly within the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls, Patil quipped, “I thank him on behalf of the MVA for saying that the alliance will be in power till 2024.”
He asserted that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) MLAs will “not break away” and added that the alliance authorities is “stable and there is no threat to it”.
The NCP and the Congress are constituents of the Shiv Sena-led MVA which got here to energy in November 2019.
Fadnavis, a former CM, just lately created a flutter when he accused the MVA of hatching a conspiracy to focus on BJP leaders and submitted a pen drive “as proof” to the Deputy Assembly Speaker.
Asked concerning the declare made by the Leader of Opposition within the Assembly, Patil mentioned authenticity of the content material within the pen drive must be verified.
