NCP accuses Fadnavis govt of not filling vacancies in time

The NCP today hit out at the BJP-led Maharashtra government for not filling staff vacancies regularly and accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "making announcements and then postponing them".

Fadanvis had announced in the Budget session of the Assembly in February this year that 72,000 vacant posts in various government departments would be filled within two years, of which 36,000 were to be done in the first phase.

However, yesterday, Fadnavis, in a televised address, had stated that the recruitment for these posts had not begun.

"The drive is yet to start. The process of how to ensure justice for Marathas while not impacting reservations for members of the SC/ST communities was being worked out," Fadnavis had said yesterday.

Addressing a press conference here today, Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Nawab Malik said, "If the vacancies were filled regularly, this situation wouldn't have arisen."