The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction held a protest in Hingoli on September 13 over alleged delays in development projects across Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, placing stalled medical, research, irrigation, road and water-supply works at the centre of its campaign against the state government.
The protest, titled “Tumse Na Ho Payega”, was led by Maharashtra Legislative Council member and former Leader of the Opposition in the council, Ambadas Danve. The campaign is directed at the Mahayuti government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
According to the report, the protest was organised ahead of Marathwada Liberation Day on September 17. The day commemorates the region’s integration into Maharashtra after its liberation from the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1948.
Addressing a public meeting, Danve alleged that Fadnavis and Shinde had made 780 development promises for the district, but that less than 1.5% had been completed. The claim was made during the protest and was not independently substantiated in the report. Danve accused the government of using Hingoli for political purposes without delivering sufficient development work.
The party’s list of pending works includes a government medical college, a 430-bed hospital, a turmeric research centre and the proposed LIGO-India research facility. It also raised demands concerning the development of the Aundha Nagnath pilgrimage site, a water-supply scheme, city roads, national highways and railway overbridges.
The protest also covered irrigation and rural infrastructure. The party cited elevated dams, roads, bridges and irrigation projects funded or proposed under the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, or NABARD. These demands connect the political campaign to the region’s long-running concerns over water access, farm infrastructure and public services.
Danve further claimed that Marathwada records the highest number of farmer suicides in the state. That claim was also presented as part of the party’s argument that the region continues to face unequal development despite joining Maharashtra without conditions after liberation.
Before submitting a memorandum to Hingoli Resident Collector Pratiksha Bhute, Danve said the campaign would continue until September 17. The movement is scheduled to conclude in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the presence of Shiv Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray.
