Ministry Of Cooperation: As NCP Criticises Centre’s Move, Ally Sena Praises Amit Shah

‘If Amit Shah has decided to develop and expand the cooperative sector then there is no need to be disturbed,’ an editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' stated

Outlook Web Bureau

Updated on: 13 July 2021 7:38 am

In a statement that has raised many eyebrows, the Shiv Sena on Monday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will do a “good job” of heading the newly established Ministry of Cooperation as he had been part of the cooperative movement in Gujarat.

According to the Centre, the ministry was created with a view to strengthen India's co-operative-based development model and realize the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’.

According to a release in the Press Information Bureau, the ministry will provide a "separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement" in the country and strengthen co-operatives as a true people-based movement and ensure that it reaches the grassroots.

In the backdrop of these developments, an editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said that there is not much difference in the field of politics and the cooperative sector, and that "everything happens as per convenience" and that Shah will do a good job.

Notably, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who is the architect of the Sena-headed Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra, on Sunday said the Centre cannot interfere in the state's cooperative sector.

In the backdrop of this, a ‘Saamana’ editorial on Monday stated, “If Amit Shah has decided to develop and expand the cooperative sector then there is no need to be disturbed. Attempts are being made to create fear among people that Shah will dig out old cases of leaders of the Congress and NCP and launch inquiries and will form a government in Maharashtra through 'cooperation'. However, saying so is like defaming Shah.”

"There is not much difference in the field of politics and the cooperative sector in terms of qualities like good and bad, true and false, moral and immoral. Everything happens as per convenience. Finally, everyone is the same in politics," it said.

These developments come at a time when many political observers in Maharashtra and Delhi are speculating if a patch up between the BJP and Shiv Sena is on the cards.

(With PTI inputs)