Prateek Tanmay
2 min readPuneJun 24, 2026 11:31 AM IST
A day after 6 MPs from Shiv Sena (UBT) joined Eknath Shinde-led Sena and cited denial of development funds, Omraje Nimbalkar, one of the MPs who defected, on Tuesday claimed he did not have a single rupee left for implementing development projects in his Dharashiv constituency.
“An MP gets fund for his five-year tenure. If funds remain unspent at the end of those five years, it means the MP had failed to implement projects. However, the evaluation of a legislator’s work should be done only after the five-year term is complete. In the five-year period from 2019 to 2024, the entire fund I received has been spent. Not a single rupee is left. You can verify this information from the MPLADS website,” Nimbalkar said while speaking at Dharashiv.
Similar views were expressed by Sena (UBT) Nagesh Patil Ashtikar, who also defected to Shiv Sena led by Shinde. “It is a fact that without being in power, the work of party workers and the public does not get done. We were not receiving any funds for development.”
Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Nashik MLA Rajabhau Waje, who did not defect despite pressure put on him, said, “It is true that as opposition MPs, we did not get the development funds like the ruling parties’ MPs get. They block our funds, which hits the development works in the constituency.”
Maharashtra Congress chief spokesperson Atul Londhe, however, said, “These six MPs are all lying. The information available on the web portal of MPLAD funds shows that all of them have received between Rs 14 crore to Rs 18 crore funds in last two years. The reality is that they wanted to ditch the party which made them MPs. Leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi campaigned for them. Congress, Sena and NCP (SP) voters elected them. And now they have joined hands with those whose ideology was opposed by our voters.”
