Differences erupt in MahaYuti over Mumbai-Goa national highway

MUMBAI: Cracks have started to appear within the Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra over the pothole-ridden Mumbai-Goa highway with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam tearing into BJP minister Ravindra Chavan and demanding his immediate resignation.

Equating BJP with a monster who wants everything, Kadam said, “If this attitude of the BJP continues, then they should contest the upcoming assembly polls separately”.

As a Public Works Department minister, Chavan has failed to handle the development and repair of Mumbai-Goa highway, he said. CM Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis should immediately sack the minister.

“I have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union minister Amit Shah highlighting the pathetic conditions of Mumbai-Goa highway. In 2023, the minister had promised to make the road free of potholes this year and that the remaining development would also be completed. Despite his tall promises, nothing has happened,” Kadam said.