Mumbai: Taking a dim view of money sanctioned from CM’s Relief Fund for a dance troupe’s foreign tour at a time when a poor girl from Latur district committed suicide, the Shiv Sena has said it depicts “unhealthy mindset of the government”.
The Sena said those who feel the ink attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni brought “disrepute to the state, should now answer if this incident has brought repute”.
Swati, a Class XI student from Jadala village near Latur, allegedly committed suicide recently as she could not manage Rs 260 for her bus pass to go to school. In her suicide note, the girl purportedly said she took the extreme step as she could not bear to see her parents suffer and worry about arranging marriage for their daughters.
“With the girl’s suicide, it has become clear that those in power can only speak. On one hand Swati committed suicide due to poverty and on the other the state government approves Rs 8 lakh to fund a dance troupe to Bangkok. This depicts the unhealthy mindset of the state government,” the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.
Many such young girls may be on the verge of committing suicide, the ruling alliance partner said.
“At one point, the ‘Latur pattern’ was famous in the education sector. Now, the region has developed a ‘suicide pattern’. It is a blot on the image of Maharashtra. Those who say the ink attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni brought disrepute to the state, should now answer if this incident has brought repute,” the party said.
