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Maharashtra legislator to 'beg' from people!
Sunday, September 26, 2010 07:02:22 PM,
IANS
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Thane:
In a unique protest, an independent legislator from Maharashtra
will "beg" and donate the collected money to Chief Minister Ashok
Chavan, an aide of the legislator said here Saturday.
Vivek Pandit, the independent legislator of the Vasai legislative
constituency, has adopted this move demanding exclusion of 18
villages from the newly-formed Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC),
said co-ordinator of the Shramjeevi Sanghatana Nalla Sopara (SSNS)
Navin Dube.
"From Sunday (tomorrow), we shall 'beg' for a token donation of
Re.1 at important locations in the Vasai legislative constituency
like bus stops, temples, churches, markets, etc., followed by
railway stations like Virar, Nalla Sopara, Vasai and Naigaon
Monday," Dube said.
Pandit said that hundreds of people would march Oct 2 from Vasai
to Varsha, the chief minister's official residence in south Mumbai
and hand over the collected amount to Chavan two days later.
Explaining the rationale behind the drive, Pandit said that
generally, after any eclipse (lunar or solar), people make small
donations.
"We feel that there is a 'political eclipse' over Vasai. We want
it to end soon and so we are going to beg from the people and hand
over the money to the chief minister," he said.
He said that for nearly two years, the people have been demanding
exclusion of 53 villages from the VVMC and the Shramjeevi Sanghata
Nalla Sopara has carried out several agitations.
The state government agreed to exclude 35 villages, but there was
no progress on the status of the remaining 18 villages, barely 40
km to the north of Mumbai.
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