Shelar questions Sena over BMC move to privatise its schools

After the Shiv Sena criticised the Union budget, BJP's city unit president Ashish Shelar has retaliated by raising questions over the Sena-led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) budget proposal to privatise some of its schools.
In a series of tweets today on the BMC's budget, the Mumbai BJP president said, "BMC to give dry fruits to school children and start 24 international schools, though it is welcome, does anyone want to eat the dry fruits of privatisation?"
Hitting back at the Sena, which earlier had opposed installation of LED street lights along the Marine Drive promenade, Shelar sarcastically said, "at last light has been shed and BJP's say has been accepted".

He further said that 20 per cent of the 1.36 lakh conventional street lights will be replaced with LEDs by March 31 and by 2018-19, the rest of the 80 per cent lights would also be replaced.
Complimenting BMC Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta for not burdening Mumbaikars with new taxes, Shelar thanked him for making a substantial allocation of Rs 1,500 crore for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's coastal road concept.
Shelar claimed the BMC budget proposal, of not passing on the burden of pending dues of property tax on saleable buildings of MHADA and the rehabilitation component of SRA buildings till the issuance of the occupation certificate, was a big relief for common people.

He also thanked the civic chief for adopting Information Technology to usher in transparency in the BMC administration by making e-Seva, e-Office and other services online. He also thanked him for fixing a target for completing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
After a bitterly fought BMC poll, the BJP had extended an olive branch to its ally Shiv Sena, by deciding not to contest the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor and also not by putting up candidates to lead key committees, including the standing committee.