Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam (Photo Credit: The Hindu)

Mumbai Congress President calls Devendra Fadnavis a poor example for the Mumbaikars to follow

By Maeeshat.in,

Mumbai: Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam today questioned Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis after two vehicles owned by the latter were listed among those in the unpaid fines list as per the report prepared by an RTI Activist Shakil Ahmed Shaikh.

Sanjay Nirupam said, “Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis is losing face by not obeying the traffic rules of the city himself. He has set an extremely poor example for the common man to follow. How can he and his Govt force the people to obey rules and pay fines if they’ve been conveniently breaking the same for their own benefits?”

“The Mumbai Traffic Police ensure that the e-challans reach the concerned person who breaks traffic rules in any way. But it looks like the CM and his aides have decided to turn a blind eye to these rules and the law of the land in general. The two cars owned by the CM have broken traffic rules 13 times between a time period of January and August 2018. He owns the State a fine amount worth Rs. 13,000. He has a fair share in the total amount of Rs. 119 Crore which is yet to reach the Govt by those who have broken traffic rules of the city. How can he urge the common man to pay fines if he has been refraining from doing so in the first place?”, asked Mr. Nirupam.

Along with the CM, other famous Mumbaikars who have made it to the traffic police’s list of offenders include Maharashtra’s Transport Minister Diwakar Raote, Yuva Sena President Aditya Thackeray, MNS Chief Raj Thackeray and Salman Khan among others.