Water sources and medical training minister Girish Mahajan, 57, is CM Devendra Fadnavis's new point man. Mahajan, a six-term legislator from Jamner in Jalgaon district, has successfully dealt with agitations towards the Fadnavis govt and helped convince the protestors to name off their stir with out being observed as giving into the entire calls for. Recently, when tribal farmers marched from Nashik to Mumbai, Mahajan alongside some senior IPS officers stepped in to pacify them.
Mahajan joined the marchers ahead of they entered Mumbai and were given them to switch their path to make sure that the march had no opposed affect at the checks. Following their assembly with the CM, the tribals known as off their strike at the assurance that their calls for would be implemented. However, what was no longer discussed was that many of the calls for had been authorized previous in August 2016. The tribals' stir was adopted by way of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare's indefinite starvation strike in Delhi. Even ahead of Hazare reached Delhi, Mahajan had held conferences with him at his home in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district. When talks failed, Hazare left for Delhi to begin his starvation strike from March 23. Mahajan was there once more to mediate between Hazare and the PMO. Mahajan's transient was to make sure that Hazare known as off his strike as early as imaginable, even though calls for were not met instantly. Mahajan succeeded, Hazare known as off the strike after he was given an assurance by way of the NDA govt. In April 2011, Hazare had launched a starvation strike in the hunt for the appointment of Lokpal and Lokayuktas, to create a mechanism for unearthing black cash and to take on corruption. The negotiating workforce was led by way of senior Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh. Thiswas more or less a similar situation, with the one difference being Deshmukh had direct access to then PM Manmohan Singh, while Mahajan was interacting with some PMO bureaucrats. Mahajan has additionally helped the CM in tackling his rival and previous minister Eknath Khadse
Intel failure
The home division led by way of Fadnavis has made a provision of Rs five lakh for intelligence gathering, specifically in jails. In an order issued every week in the past, the house division admitted that terrorists, Naxalites and hardened gangsters are lodged in jails across the state they usually hatch conspiracies to flee and assault jail staffers. To make sure that security of jails, a provision of Rs five lakh was made for intelligence-gathering in jails.
There appears to be lack of seriousness with regards to intelligence gathering. In the recent past, Maharashtra has witnessed many incidents: inmates had been attacked, gangsters have escaped from the Nagpur Central Jail, cellphones found in Nagpur prison, which is in the CM's place of birth. Six months in the past, a homicide convict, who was present process existence imprisonment at the Nashik Central Jail escaped; he was caught not too long ago. Mumbai police chief Datta Padsalgikar needed to depute a high-level workforce of officers to nab him.
A former DG said the house division will have to alternate its priorities. "Instead of buying swanky cars for movement of ministers and VIPs and incurring huge expenditure on repairs of bungalows of cabinet members, provision for intelligence gathering must be enhanced, otherwise it will be difficult to halt the illegal activities of criminals in jails," said the former cop.
Mahajan joined the marchers ahead of they entered Mumbai and were given them to switch their path to make sure that the march had no opposed affect at the checks. Following their assembly with the CM, the tribals known as off their strike at the assurance that their calls for would be implemented. However, what was no longer discussed was that many of the calls for had been authorized previous in August 2016. The tribals' stir was adopted by way of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare's indefinite starvation strike in Delhi. Even ahead of Hazare reached Delhi, Mahajan had held conferences with him at his home in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district. When talks failed, Hazare left for Delhi to begin his starvation strike from March 23. Mahajan was there once more to mediate between Hazare and the PMO. Mahajan's transient was to make sure that Hazare known as off his strike as early as imaginable, even though calls for were not met instantly. Mahajan succeeded, Hazare known as off the strike after he was given an assurance by way of the NDA govt. In April 2011, Hazare had launched a starvation strike in the hunt for the appointment of Lokpal and Lokayuktas, to create a mechanism for unearthing black cash and to take on corruption. The negotiating workforce was led by way of senior Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh. Thiswas more or less a similar situation, with the one difference being Deshmukh had direct access to then PM Manmohan Singh, while Mahajan was interacting with some PMO bureaucrats. Mahajan has additionally helped the CM in tackling his rival and previous minister Eknath Khadse
Intel failure
The home division led by way of Fadnavis has made a provision of Rs five lakh for intelligence gathering, specifically in jails. In an order issued every week in the past, the house division admitted that terrorists, Naxalites and hardened gangsters are lodged in jails across the state they usually hatch conspiracies to flee and assault jail staffers. To make sure that security of jails, a provision of Rs five lakh was made for intelligence-gathering in jails.
There appears to be lack of seriousness with regards to intelligence gathering. In the recent past, Maharashtra has witnessed many incidents: inmates had been attacked, gangsters have escaped from the Nagpur Central Jail, cellphones found in Nagpur prison, which is in the CM's place of birth. Six months in the past, a homicide convict, who was present process existence imprisonment at the Nashik Central Jail escaped; he was caught not too long ago. Mumbai police chief Datta Padsalgikar needed to depute a high-level workforce of officers to nab him.
A former DG said the house division will have to alternate its priorities. "Instead of buying swanky cars for movement of ministers and VIPs and incurring huge expenditure on repairs of bungalows of cabinet members, provision for intelligence gathering must be enhanced, otherwise it will be difficult to halt the illegal activities of criminals in jails," said the former cop.
CM Fadnavis finds a new point man-Girish Mahajan
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