The parliamentary party of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bala Saheb) Thackeray has now broken. On Monday, 6 out of 9 party MPs i.e. two-thirds joined Shiv Sena i.e. Eknath Shinde’s party. While changing sides, these leaders listed many issues, the most important of which was that they were facing difficulty in getting funds for the work. Om Prakash Raje Nimbalkar, one of the MPs who switched sides, said that he has no problem with Uddhav Thackeray but he is going with the current government due to lack of funds. However, these leaders did not clearly say what kind of fund was being talked about. The reality is that all the MPs of Maharashtra are lagging behind in terms of spending MP funds and the state is at 27th position out of total 36. Maharashtra Lok Sabha MPs have spent only 13.37 percent of the MP fund since 2024.4
Now the effect of this change of party is that now Shiv Sena has the maximum number of Lok Sabha MPs in Maharashtra and Eknath Shinde’s position in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has strengthened. On the other hand, notices have already been issued to these MPs by Uddhav Thackeray’s party. Now a demand will be made to the Speaker of Lok Sabha to cancel the membership of these leaders. The Uddhav faction claims that these MPs have violated the party’s whip. However, we are talking about the funds of MPs and their expenses. To get this information, we have extracted the data of MP fund and seen whether these MPs who left Shiv Sena (UBT) were facing problems of funds or not?
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Understand MP Fund
First of all, it is important to understand what is the issue of MP fund. Actually, every MP gets a fund of Rs 5 crore every year. Means Rs 25 crore in 5 years. This money also keeps getting collected. Meaning, if only Rs 3 crores are spent this year, then by adding two more in the next five years, the total will be Rs 7 crores. To spend this amount, the MPs tell what work needs to be done and the local District Magistrate gets the work done. Another thing is that this MP fund keeps coming into the account automatically and no recommendation is required for it. For expenditure, the approval of the District Magistrate and the MP is required.
Who spent how much?
If we talk about Maharashtra, it is at 27th position out of total 36 including states and union territories. That means Maharashtra is far behind in the matter of spending MP funds. There are a total of 63 MPs in Maharashtra including Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and these MPs have been able to spend only 15.40 percent of the MP fund. If we talk only about Lok Sabha MPs, only 13.37 percent of the funds have been spent.
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Sanjay Jadhav– Parbhani Lok Sabha MP Sanjay Jathav has received a fund of Rs 14.70 crore since 2024, out of which he has been able to spend only Rs 3.78 crore i.e. 25.72 percent of the fund.
Sanjay Deshmukh- Sanjay Deshmukh, MP from Yavatmal Washim Lok Sabha seat, has received a total fund of Rs 18.56 crore, out of which he has been able to spend only Rs 1.42 crore, which is only 7.64 percent.
Nagesh Patil- Hingoli MP Nagesh Patil is also far behind in the matter of spending funds. Out of Rs 19.02 crore, he has been able to spend only 26.64 percent i.e. Rs 5.06 crore.
Bhausahab Vakchaure– Shirdi MP Bhausaheb Rajaram Vakchore got a fund of Rs 14.70 crore but he could spend only Rs 71.30 lakh i.e. 4.85 percent of the fund.
Sanjay Dina Patil- Sanjay Dina Patil, MP from Mumbai North East Lok Sabha seat, could spend only Rs 15.59 lakh out of Rs 14.70 crore. This is only 1.06 percent of the total fund.
Om Prakash Raje Nimbalkar- Om Prakash Raje, MP from Osmanabad, was the first one who spoke about the lack of funds. Out of Rs 18.47 crore received by him, he was able to spend only 10.71 percent i.e. Rs 1.97 crore.
How much money did the other MPs spend?
Among the MPs who did not leave Shiv Sena (UBT), Arvind Sawant has spent Rs 2.88 crore out of Rs 14.70 crore, Anil Desai has spent Rs 58.95 lakh out of Rs 14.70 crore and Rajabhau Waje has spent Rs 2.13 crore out of Rs 15.28 crore. This means that even those MPs who have not changed sides have not been able to spend their funds.
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If we talk about the MPs who spend the most funds, then the five MPs included in the top 5 belong to five different parties. Varsha Gaikwad, BJP MP from Mumbai North Central, has spent the most, 56.85 percent i.e. Rs 8.35 crore out of Rs 14.70 crore. Sunil Tatkare of NCP is at second place and he has spent Rs 4.99 crore.
Balwant Basand Wankhede, Congress MP from Amravati, is at the third position and has spent Rs 6.73 crore. Aurangabad Lok Sabha MP Sandeeprao Bhumre is at fourth place and he has spent Rs 441 crore out of Rs 14.70 crore. At fifth position is Shiv Sena’s Suresh Mhatre from Bhiwandi, who has been able to spend only Rs 4.15 crore.
Veteran MPs of Maharashtra are lagging behind in expenditure
Not a single rupee has been spent out of the Rs 14.70 crore received by Kalyan MP and son of Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, Shrikant Shinde. Similarly, Nandurbar Lok Sabha MP GK Padvi and Thane MP Naresh Ganpat Mhaske also did not spend even a single rupee. Central government minister Prataprao Jadhav has spent only Rs 12.08 lakh and Praniti Shinde has spent only Rs 34.98 lakh.
What is the condition of MPs from other states?
If we talk about the MP who spends the most funds, then it is Sukhdev Bhagat, Congress MP from Lohardaga seat of Jharkhand. He has spent Rs 13.1 crore out of total Rs 17.2 crore. The second position is DMK MP from Kallakurichi Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu, D Malaiyarasan, who has spent Rs 11.8 crore. BJP’s Sand Anup Pradhan is at third position from Hathras Lok Sabha seat of UP by spending Rs 9.8 crore.
If we talk state wise, after the North-Eastern states, Uttar Pradesh is at the forefront among the big states. Overall, 80 MPs of UP have spent 39 percent of the MP fund. Chhattisgarh is at second place where 38.1 percent of MP funds have been spent. 35.9 percent of MP funds have been spent in Punjab, 35.3 percent in Tamil Nadu, 34.7 percent in Bihar and 34.4 percent in Jharkhand. Only 13.4 percent of MP funds have been spent in Maharashtra.
However, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Chandigarh and Ladakh are lagging behind Maharashtra in this matter.
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