As the Mahayuti Cabinet negated an allegation that the government welfare schemes which needed huge grants would be stalled because of enormous expenditure for the ambitious ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde`s party said it would focus on 70-80 Assembly segments to reach out to the beneficiaries of the women`s direct bank transfer scheme to offer them a guarantee of continuity. The announcement clearly indicated that the Shiv Sena (Shinde) would be demanding 70-80 seats from the Mahayuti partners, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar).

Party workers to meet 1 cr women