The launch of a new scheme identical to an existing one has led to the Maharashtra government led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to end a program named after state’s former deputy Chief Minister and popular Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader late R R Patil.

The government has decided to merge the existing ‘R R (Aaba) Patil Sundar Gaon Award’ scheme with the newly launched CM Samruddha Panchayatraj Abhiyan. The government claimed that both the schemes are identical in nature and hence the decision of merger has been taken. However, Patil’s son and opposition MLA Rohit Patil said that he will be writing to the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis against the decision.

Late R R Patil’s former colleague Ajit Pawar is a deputy CM in the current government. Patil died in February 2015 when

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