This is an insensitive administration with misplaced priorities. It only knows to organise events to send a message that something is happening,” he said. He alleged that farmer suicides were on the rise and unemployment was creating unrest among the youth, especially since the government had stopped Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) recruitments. “Farmers and youth are attempting suicide at Mantralaya, the seat of power in the state, forcing the government to put up safety nets,” he said. He charged that farmers affected by hailstorms and unseasonal rains were being treated like criminals by being made to pose before their damaged farms and homes with slates bearing their names. “Will the government give the same treatment to industrialists who have signed MoUs at the Magnetic Maharashtra summit?” he asked. Chavan said much publicised investment claims like the one involving cellphone manufacturing firm Foxconn had not materialised. Taking a dig at the announcement of the hyperloop transportation system at the ‘Magnetic Maharashtra’ summit, Chavan said the hyperloop technology had not been used even in the developed world. “We would be happy if it succeeds in Maharashtra. The government should explain how it will be implemented. Is it that we will just vanish like in the film ‘Mr India’ and land up at the next destination?” he asked. He said that despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone of the Ambedkar memorial at Indu Mill and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial off the Arabian Sea more than a year ago, actual work was yet to start. “But the BJP headquarters in Delhi has been completed in 16 months,” Chavan said.
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