BJP on MVA’s first anniv: Constitutional machinery has collapsed

By QUAID NAJMI Mumbai, Nov 28 : As the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government completed its first year in office on Saturday, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party slammed its ‘lustreless performance’ and alleged that the Constitutional machinery in the state has collapsed.
In a scathing attack, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis, dismissed the MVA’s one-year as a “total failure” by saying: “The two recent court rulings in the Arnab Goswami and Kangana Ranaut cases clearly reflect that there is a breakdown of the Constitutional machinery and abuse of power.” However, in the same breath, he declared that the BJP would “not demand President’s Rule in the state”, but made it clear that the Opposition would continue to play its role effectively, pull up the government when it errs, and even take to the streets if necessary.
Adding that the BJP doesn’t fully endorse Goswami or Ranaut’s views, but it also doesn’t agree with the manner in which the government headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is hounding those who speak against the MVA regime and crushing dissent.
“The government is cracking down on anyone speaking out against them like RTI activists, social media posts or mediapersons. The Supreme Court and Bombay High Court have clearly observed that there is gross misuse of power. There seems to be an undeclared emergency,” Fadnavis contended.
Giving the MVA a report card as “failure on all fronts”, the BJP leader said the ruling Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress has only done one job – to scrap projects launched by the former BJP-led government in the state.