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Few days back Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray seeking the welfare of Dalits and tribals. In response to it Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut has said that they have welcomed the agenda.
Speaking to news agency, about the same, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut stated, “If the Congress party has brought forward an agenda which is in the interest of people of Maharashtra and the state, then, it should be welcomed. There is no pressure politics.”
The letter is significant as Gandhi has written to Thackeray for the first time since her party formed an unlikely alliance with the Shiv Sena along with the NCP to form ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ (MVA) government in the state last year.
Among other things, Gandhi, in her letter dated December 14, demanded reservation in government contracts for SC/ST professionals to promote entrepreneurship among them, Congress sources said.
She expressed confidence that the MVA government under Thackeray’s leadership will implement the CMP in letter and spirit, sources added.
The budget allocation for the development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes should be proportionate to their share in the population, she said.
