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Maharashtra parties extend red carpet for Prithviraj Chavan
Wednesday November 10, 2010 12:56:54 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
Political parties across the spectrum Wednesday welcomed the
Congress decision to appoint union minister Prithviraj Chavan as
the next Maharashtra chief minister and said his clean,
non-controversial image would help bring stability to the state.
The challenges were daunting for Chavan, who was named for the
chief minister's chair a day after Ashok Chavan resigned over
allegations of corruption in the Adarsh housing society scam, said
political leaders.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Madhav Bhandari said
Chavan was the new face of the state, and being chief minister
would be an acid test.
"Chavan has never participated in state politics. His entire
political career has been in New Delhi. But we do expect him to
maintain stability in the state. Other Congress politicians have
always brought a bad name to Maharastra. We expect Chavan's clean
image to bring stability," he said.
Samajwadi Party state president Abu Azmi agreed and said that
unlike other heads of state governments, Chavan's clean image
would help develop Maharashtra's backward regions.
"We will extend our full support to Prithviraj Chavan. We only
expect there will be no corruption in the commissioning of funds
to develop the backward regions of Maharashtra," Azmi said.
Shiv Sena MP Bharatkumar Raut expressed his concern about
Maharashtra passing through a bad phase and said it would be
Chavan's responsibility to tackle various issues at the same time.
"The state is facing challenges in all areas. Workers are
pressurised, farmers are unhappy, prices have touched the sky and
there are sharks in the bureaucracy. The new chief minister will
have to tackle all these. We expect him to be capable of this
owing to his clean, non-corrupt image," Raut said.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) vice president Vagesh Saraswat
also said they would lend full support to the new man in the hot
seat.
"He is well educated and hence we expect him to lead Maharasntra
to prosperity. We would be happy if he does not indulge into
corruption like other Congress leaders. We think he will
understand the state soon as he is well aware of its cultural and
political background," Saraswat said.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which is part of the ruling
coalition along with the Congress, said Chavan had a big
responsibility to shoulder as he had always been in national
politics.
"I still believe that he will be able to handle Maharashtra better
than other ministers. He is well informed and learned. We expect
him to undertake activities for the state's development,
activities that will make Maharashtrians happy," Kamble said.
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