Maharashtra Assembly Polls 2024: Modi-Shah using Maharashtra as ATM, says Nana Patole

Mumbai: Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister and BJP’s chief strategist Amit Shah, the Congress on Wednesday accused them of using Maharashtra as an ATM.

"Narendra Modi and Amit Shah looted Maharashtra using it as an ATM,” state Congress President Nana Patole said at the launch of the party's campaign chariot in Mumbai. 

Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar, Congress Legislature Party leader Balasaheb Thorat were among those present. 

“In the last two and a half years, industries from Maharashtra have been sent to Gujarat by the orders of Modi-Shah and the corrupt Maha Yuti government,” said Patole, a former Legislative Assembly Speaker. Investments coming to Maharashtra were diverted to Gujarat and lost investment and employment of lakhs of youth in the state. 

“Following the order of Modi-Shah, Chief Minister   Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar have pledged Maharashtra to Gujarat,” he added.