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Maharashtra loses Textile Commissionerate, oppn slams shift from Mumbai to Delhi

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The Centre has decided to move the 80-year-old office of Textile Commissioner, along with other key officers from Mumbai to New Delhi, by April 5, as per an official order.

This is the second major department after the autonomous ‘Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education & Development (DTNBWED)’, which was shifted from Nagpur to New Delhi in 2021.

The latest measure has sparked a fresh furore among the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders who slammed the BJP government for the decision.

As per an order from Jayashree Sivakumar, Under Secretary, Ministry of Textiles to Textile Commissioner Mumbai Roop Rashi, the move is part of measures to “restructure the office of Textile Commissioner and Textile Committee in order to enhance effectiveness and achieve optimal use of resources”.

For this, the Textile Commissioner and few key officials would be relocated to the MoT to strengthen the technical arm of the ministry, deploy/depute officers/staff from the head office to the TC and field offices.

Besides the Textile Commissioner, a Joint Textile Commissioner, two Deputy Secretaries (Director rank) and two Deputy Director level officers would be going to New Delhi as part of the restructure/merger exercise.

While the Textile Commissioner will not be stationed in the MoT, the other officers shall be seated at the Noida regional office.

The Textile Commissioner is a critical appointee, functioning as the principal technical advisor to the MoT, conducts techno-economic surveys, advises the government on the overall status of the textiles sector, with regional offices in Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Indore, Amritsar, Coimbatore and NOIDA.

Managing Partner Purushottam Sarda of Vinayak Process, a textile unit in Sangli, the shift could jeopardise subsidies worth hundreds of crores of rupees are pending for past three years from the Centre to thousands of textile units handlooms, powerlooms, auto-looms like Airjet. Waterjet, Sulzer, Rapier — in the state.

“After the Textile Commissionerate shifts to New Delhi, we shall face huge problems of recovery, and will be forced to make multiple trips which will further add to losses,” Sarda told IANS.

Slamming the move, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said this is part of the BJP’s strategy to take away all offices from Mumbai/Maharashtra to Delhi or Gujarat, though this state is a major hub of the textile industry with units in Mumbai, Thane, and Ichalkaranji of Kolhapur. called the ‘Manchester of the east’.

Congress chief spokesperson Atul Londhe said that since “they cannot shift Mumbai to Gujarat, the BJP is destroying all important offices/departments by taking them away from Maharashtra to either Delhi or Gujarat”, which is detrimental to the people of this state.

Nationalist Congress Party national spokesperson Clyde Crasto said the decision is “hardly surprising” but warned that the people of Maharashtra are watching and they will remember it in the elections.

“The BJP at the Centre is hellbent on putting brakes on Maharashtra’s progress. Ever since the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government took over, all major projects/institutions/departments are being taken away from Mumbai or the state,” said Crasto.

Shiv Sena (UBT)’s national spokesperson Kishore Tiwari wondered why aceall the BJP union ministers from the state and the “ED government here are maintaining a deafening silence, as usual”, and named Nitin Gadkari, Narayan Rane, Piyush Goyal, Raosaheb Patil-Danve, Bharati Pawar, Kapil Patil and Bhagwat Karad, besides Ramdas Athawale.

“Either they lack the courage to speak up for the Marathi people here or they are obviously hand-in-glove with the Centre to ensure the destruction of their own home-state,” said Tiwari.

The Textile Commissionerate here was set up in 1943 at the height of World War II to satisfy the huge British demand for clothing of its armed forces and civilians, and the industry developed in a big way post-Independence.

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Maharashtra: BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar Hits Back At NCP MLA Rohit Pawar Over Maratha Reservation; Targets Party Supremo Sharad Pawar

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BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar criticised NCP MLA Rohit Pawar for his allegations against Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Rohit Pawar made the comments against Fadnavis while on his Maharashtra tour and alleged that the deputy chief minister was responsible the current political turmoil in the state. Countering Rohit Pawar’s statement, Padalkar held NCP chief Sharad Pawar responsible for the withdrawal of the Maratha reservation. The back and forth happened on social media amid the ongoing Maratha agitation for reservation.

Attributing to the current agitation by the Maratha community, Rohit Pawar said, “Maratha empire was ruined by one Anaji Pant in the past. The modern Anaji Pant is ruining Maharashtra Dharma.” Pawar started Yuva Sangharsh Yatra from earlier this month and going to different districts.

‘Your grandfather withdrew reservations’

In a strong reply, Padalkar said, “Different communities formed the Maratha empire. But people like Suryaji Pisal and Ganoji Shirke ruined it.” He pointed out that Fadnavis had given reservations to the poor in the Maratha community. “However, your grandfather Sharad Pawar withdrew it,” Padalkar said. Furtheremore, Dhangar leader Gopichand Padalkar has demanding his community’s inclusion into Scheduled Tribes. The community has been protesting across the state. They had also given a deadline to the government to take a decision regarding the same. The community is now protesting in different districts to intensify the demand for inclusion in the ST community. 

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Maha Govt rejects MSRDC MD Mopalwar; Jt MD Anil Gaikwad takes charges

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Mumbai : In an unexpected move, the Maharashtra government has removed Hyderabad Mopalwar, vice-chairman and managing director of the powerful and controversial Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), and appointed him secretary. MD Anil Gaikwad, official sources from here on Sunday. The incident astounded and astounded political circles as Mopalwar – who retired in 2018 – was consistently sought after for his slave skills in state governance, and during the past six years he was given a record number of seven terms of service. These were the details found. The high-profile Mopalwar’s most prestigious work post-retirement was the implementation of the ambitious 701 km long Mumbai-Nagpur Samriddhi Super Expressway, which is now nearing completion in the third and final phase. However, after the inauguration of its first phase by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2022, the reputation of Samriddhi Hostel among many small and big businesses got tarnished, with over 150 people losing their lives in the last 12 months.

Many business and non-governmental organizations like the rights-seeking Bharati Sanrakshan Parishad and others provided essential medicines and medicines for the passengers en route, partly without full consultation, without heavy criticism. Barrister Vinod Tiwari, Chairman of CPR, said, “To achieve the feat, Aishwarya’s showroom was inaugurated in Exports and has now been named ‘Killer Expressway’, where drivers are affected by single-track and highway hypnosis. That’s why accidents happen almost every day.” Therefore, he said that it was necessary to leave Mopalwar and wondered why it was delayed when so many poor people lost their lives on the expressway. “We hope that the new VC-MD Anil Gaikwad will take genuine corrective measures to make the expressway safe for commuters,” he said. During his long tenure, Mopalwar held five key positions – Ashok Chauhan, Prithviraj Chauhan (Congress), Samajwadi Nationalist (Bharatiya Janata Party), Samajwadi Party (Maha Vikas Aghadi) and Eknath Shinde (Mahayuti). was appointed. Several high-ranking key positions in the administration.

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Thane: 4 Arrested For Cheating Builder Of ₹40 Lakh; Complainant Held For Unlicenced Weapon Possession

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Thane: The Thane Anti-Extortion Cell have arrested four persons for cheating a builder of Rs 40 lakh and arrested the complainant for possession of firearms, said a police officer from AEC on Tuesday.

The cheating incident came to light after the officials of the anti-extortion cell (AEC) intercepted the car of builder Surendra Patil (50) on November 25 and recovered two unlicensed pistols and seven cartridges, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Shivraj Patil.

Builder Booked For Possession Of Unlicenced Weapons

Patil said, “The builder Surendra Patil had gone to a farmhouse in Dombivili after four persons allegedly promised to give him counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs 1.6 crore if he gave them Rs 40 lakh. Patil claimed that he had carried the unlicensed weapons with him for protection. A case under the Arms Act was registered against the builder. At the farmhouse, some accused posing as policemen “raided” the farmhouse and snatched the bag containing Rs 40 lakh from Patil before fleeing the scene.”Shekhar Bagde, senior police inspector said, “Police teams were formed, and four accused who fled with the cash were apprehended from Bhiwandi on November 26. We have managed to recover Rs 14.35 lakh from the accused. We have arrested Swapnil Dashrath Jadhav (26), Adesh Motiram Bhoir (35), Sachin Baban Jadhav (35) and Akshay Tukaram Gaikwad (30) in the cheating case.”

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