Mumbai, Feb. 26 -- With Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis taking away powers from the ministers to appoint their 'PA' and 'OSD', the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday showered praise on him and congratulated him for his strong measures to bring discipline in the state administration.
An editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana' termed PAs and OSDs of ministers as fixers and brokers and said that Fadnavis has taken a stern action against these people and targeted former chief minister Eknath Shinde, alleging that during his tenure the fixers and brokers had a free run.
Out of the names sent by the ministers as 'PA' and 'OSD' to the Chief Minister for approval, 16 names were directly rejected by the Chief Minister. This was because ...