Hadapsar Park inauguration hogs the limelight
High drama was witnessed in Hadapsar on Tuesday morning as the chief minister cancelled the event allegedly to tackle the opposition that was raised.
Chaitraly Deshmukh-Tajane
Pune
It was supposed to be an eventful day with the inauguration of a park named after the chief minister Eknath Shinde but the inauguration was cancelled at the last moment.
High drama was witnessed in Hadapsar on Tuesday morning as the chief minister cancelled the event allegedly to tackle the opposition that was raised.
As per the police sources, the programme was cancelled at the last moment. It is said that the programme was cancelled after many non-governmental organisations opposed it.
The garden, to be named after the chief minister Eknath Shinde, is in Hadapsar area which falls under the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) jurisdiction. Former corporator of Shiv Sena Pramod Bhangire inaugurated the event, though it was initially planned to the inaugurated by CM Shinde.
Bhangire is said to have constructed the park in the Hadapsar area by mobilising funds.
Speaking to Pune Pulse, Pramod Bangire said, “It was my idea to name the park after the CM. I had been religiously working to construct this park, which was earlier a barren land where citizens used to drink liquor and create nuisance.”
He further said, “The suggestions to name the park was asked. I had requested the administration to name this park after MLA Eknath Shinde but at that time, my term as a corporator expired. Therefore, the proposal was not passed or approved unanimously.”
Bhangire said that he turned a barren land into a park for the benefit of residents in the area.
