The chief minister also presented the prime minister with a growth roadmap for the state which aims to catapult into the league of trillion-dollar economies
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in a bid to avoid the fate the Bharatiya Janata Party met in the recent elections held in Rajasthan and Gujarat where it lost a considerable vote share (even though it won in Gujarat), on Wednesday recommended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Maharashtra BJP go solo in the assembly and general elections next year.
The chief minister also presented the prime minister with a growth roadmap for the state which aims to catapult into the league of trillion-dollar economies.
The BJP won by a lower-than-expected margin in Gujarat and was drubbed in Rajathan in the recent bypolls due to rural distress. The recommendation comes days after BJP's embittered ally Shiv Sena declared that it would tread alone in the assembly and general elections at a party convention.
As part of its rural outreach, the BJP is at work to adjust its publicity campaign to convey that it is not just focussed on urban development but also cares to bridge the urban-rural divide.
A senior BJP minister told DNA, "The coming 18 months are crucial for the state government to bridge the rural-urban gap. Implementing the government's schemes and marketing them to the people will be critical. A one-man-show won't work. Team work will help hte BJP come back to power."
The minister stressed the need for increased dialogue between the state government and the party apparatus in the state to boost the morale of grassroots workers. The BJP's reinvigorated rural focus comes as the Shiv Sena and the Opposition parties have amplified the noise on issues related to farmer distress.
The CM, meanwhile, is brandishing his economic agenda. He presented at length the government's plan to make Maharashtra a trillion-dollar economy by 2025. He gave a report on the state government's key schemes to tackle the agrarian crisis. They include the Rs 32,000-crore crop loan waiver scheme titled 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana', water schemes titled Jalyukta Shivar and Baliraja Jalsanjivani Yojana, medical care initiative Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, a solar pump feeder scheme, farmer welfare scheme Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani Project, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana for rural electrification, and the Integrated Power Development Scheme.
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