No roads or bridges but Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s village has two helipads: Bombay HC
India Today
Bombay High Court made remarks about Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde while hearing a suo moto petition. The HC said, “His village has no road, no bridge but has two helipads.”
While hearing a suo moto petition regarding the school girls of Satara district who cross lakes and jungles to go to school every day, Bombay High Court made a remark about the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The bench headed by Justice PB Varale said, “The village has no road, no bridge but has two helipads.”
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde hails from Satara, Maharashtra.
Justice Varale further said, “Even if the village has two helipads, we don’t have an objection, but there should be an endeavour to provide good roads so that the children can go to school. We want to see roads for children so that they can finish their education and help society.”
The suo moto petition was taken up by Justice Varale’s bench after seeing a news article in India Today’s Mumbai Tak web portal, a few months ago. The news article had shown the hardship that the children of Khirkhindi village in the Satara district, especially the girls, go through, to attend school every day.
After the issue was raised, Shinde’s son, Shrikant, who is a Member of Parliament, donated a boat for the children to cross the backwaters of the Koyna dam.
The issue about Shinde’s helipad arose as the amicus curie appointed in the case, Sanjeev Kadam, told the court that with the change in government and the new chief minister hailing from the same area as these children, there should be a change in the scenario. Kadam said, “The chief minister knows the area. His own village is also affected by the rising water level of the Koyna dam.”
The bench then asked the leader, “In this changed scenario, why have you not made more positive efforts?”
