Mumbai, Jul 21 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Nana Patole on Monday said Maharashtra agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate must be dropped from the Devendra Fadnavis government for playing a game of rummy on his mobile phone in the legislative council amid the monsoon session.
After NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar posted Kokate’s video, kicking up a massive row, the minister clarified on Sunday that he was only trying to skip the downloaded game on his mobile phone. Kokate claimed he was checking his phone when the Upper House of the state legislature was adjourned.
“The government must seek his resignation if it has any shame. Ours is an agrarian economy. How can the agriculture minister sit in the House and play mobile phone games instead of framing policies for welfare of farmers,” Patole told reporters in Bhandara.
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