MVA's another self enticed trouble! BJP question lists Power Min Nitin Raut this time

Mumbai, Mar 19: It seems like controversies are bound to occur within Maha Vikas Aghadi government. This time, it is energy minister Nitin Raut who has been caught up in the trouble. BJP media cell Vishwas Pathak has raised questions for the allocation of funds under the energy ministry that is getting misused by the Congress leader for personal reasons.

 

 

Pathak has revealed that crores of rupees are being spent for the bungalow of Raut. He has also shared photos of the minister's bungalow on social media. He tweeted, "They say the government has no money, cut off the electrical connections of poor farmers, do not pay enough for corona warriors pay but has money to renovate the government office and bungalow of Energy Minister Nitin Raut."

 

 

 

In the photos shared by Pathak, Nitin Raut's house has been lavishly constructed. On the other hand, the corona has hit the general public as well as farmers, entrepreneurs financially. Despite such a situation, crores are being spent on ministers' bungalows. Besides, after the increased power bills in the state last year during the corona period, BJP is now questioning power cuts.

 

 

Earlier, on Tuesday, Pathak had said that Raut had used chartered flights for which payments were made by government-owned power companies. He said that as per RTI documents Raut’s trips between Mumbai, Nagpur, Hyderabad, and Delhi were paid for by the MSEB-holding company and Mahagenco paid nearly Rs 43 lakh during the lockdown. MSEB holding company paid Rs 14.5 lakh for two trips (Mumbai-Nagpur-Mumbai) in June and July 2020 for “important administrative work”, while Mahagenco paid Rs 29 lakh for three trips.

 

 

Pathak said the payments were illegal as they are not authorized to bear expenses on behalf of the minister and for hiring of chartered flights with the government paying for them needs approval from the chief minister. No approval was taken in this case, said Pathak.

 

In the last two months, the names of several ministers in the Thackeray government were found in controversies. In the Karuna Sharma case, the state's social justice minister Dhananjay Munde was in trouble. Following this, the name of former state forest minister Sanjay Rathod popped in the Pooja Chavan death case due to which he had resigned. Currently, home Minister Anil Deshmukh is now being directly accused in the Sachin Waze case.