Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar puts government on notice, urges immediate drought declaration

Mumbai, Sep 18 (UNI) Amidst a severe agrarian crisis triggered by an extended dry spell and a failing monsoon, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) National President Sharad Pawar has fired a political salvo at Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding the immediate declaration of a state-wide drought, bypassing bureaucratic technicalities. In a hard-hitting, comprehensive letter addressed to the Chief Minister, the veteran leader warned that rural Maharashtra is hurtling toward an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, requiring emergency intervention rather than procedural delays. Sharad Pawar raised several demands including bypassing formal technical criteria and October 5 benchmarks to immediately declare severely affected talukas…