Shiv Sena (UBT) held a protest in Hingoli on September 13 against the Maharashtra government, alleging that promised development projects in the Marathwada region remain incomplete or stalled. The demonstration, led by Maharashtra Legislative Council member and former Leader of Opposition Ambadas Danve, was organised under the slogan ‘Tumse Na Ho Payega’.
The protest focused on public projects proposed for Hingoli, including a government medical college, a 430-bed hospital, a turmeric research centre, the LIGO-India research facility, irrigation works, roads, railway overbridges and water supply infrastructure. The party submitted a memorandum to Resident Collector Pratiksha Bhute.
Danve alleged during a public meeting that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had made 780 development promises for the district, but that less than 1.5% had been completed. He accused the government of using Hingoli for political purposes while failing to deliver comparable development outcomes.
The claims were made as part of a wider Shiv Sena (UBT) mobilisation across Marathwada ahead of Marathwada Liberation Day on September 17. The day marks the region’s integration into Maharashtra after the end of the Nizam’s rule in 1948. The party said the Hingoli protest was intended to draw attention to the gap between official announcements and project execution.
Among the issues raised by the protesters was the proposed government medical college and hospital. The source report did not provide a current construction status, sanctioned cost, land details or completion timeline for these facilities. It also did not specify the stage reached by the proposed turmeric research centre or the LIGO-India project in Hingoli.
The party additionally highlighted the development of the Aundha Nagnath pilgrimage site, a water supply scheme, city roads, national highways and railway overbridges. It raised demands relating to higher dams, roads, bridges and irrigation projects under the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, or NABARD.
Danve also claimed that Marathwada records the highest number of farmer suicides in the state. The source report did not include an official dataset or a government response supporting or contesting that claim. It also did not provide project-wise expenditure, tender information, administrative approvals or revised deadlines for the works listed by the party.
The protest is scheduled to continue across the region and conclude on September 17 in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the presence of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray. The next public event will determine whether the party presents additional project documents or demands responses from the state government on the status of the pending works.
