Maharashtra govt to scrap contractual hiring order; Fadnavis says MVA regime committed ‘sin’

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced scrapping of a government order meant for recruiting staff on a contract basis by nine private agencies, and said it was the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation which had taken a decision to hire workforce on short-term basis.

His announcement came in the wake of opposition parties targeting the Eknath Shinde dispensation over the issue of contractual recruitment.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar has lashed out at the government, claiming the system of contractual staffing in various departments deprives people from underprivileged communities of opportunities.