Mumbai:

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nilesh N Rane, a former Lok Sabha member on Tuesday that he is stepping away from active politics.

“I am stepping aside from active politics and there is no reason other than that I don’t feel like ruling anymore,” Mr Rane tweeted on social media app X.

नमस्कार,

मी सक्रिय राजकारणातून कायमचा बाजूला होत आहे, आता राजकरणात मन रमत नाही, इतर काही कारण नाही.

मागच्या १९/२० वर्षा मध्ये आपण सगळ्यांनी मला खूप प्रेम दिलं, कारण नसताना माझ्या सोबत राहिलात त्या बद्दल मी आपला खूप आभारी आहे. BJP मध्ये खूप प्रेम भेटलं आणि BJP सारख्या एका उत्तम…

— Nilesh N Rane (@meNeeleshNRane) October 24, 2023

Further in his post Mr Rane said that during the year 2019-20, he had received a lot of love from the people for which he is very grateful and he feels fortunate that he got an opportunity to work in an organization like BJP where he received a lot of love.

“I learned a lot in politics and some colleagues have become a family forever, I will always be indebted to them in life,” Mr Rane wrote.

“I have no interest left in contesting the elections,” said the former Lok Sabha member.

He further mentioned that critics will always criticize but he would not like to waste his time and others’ time when continuing further does not suit his heart.

He further extended his apology to the people who may have suffered any inconvenience or may have felt offended due to any mistake of his.

Mr Rane is the elder son of Narayan Rane a former Maharashtra Chief Minister and current Union Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Nilesh N Rane’s brother, Nitesh N Rane is the current MLA from the Kankavli constituency in Maharashtra.

Nilesh Rane was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency of Maharashtra as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC).

In the next general elections as well Mr Rane contested from the same constituency but he lost to Shiv Sena’s candidate Vinayak Raut and later he joined Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).

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New Delhi:

Within ten days of its launch, the PM Vishwakarma scheme has received more than 1.40 lakh applications, Union Minister Narayan Rane said on Wednesday.

The Minister for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, through his post on X (formerly Twitter), wrote that PM Vishwakarma Yojana is a result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision and receiving of such high numbers of applications within ten days of the launch is a testament to its success.

He further stated that the PM Vishwakarma Scheme will be a milestone for the comprehensive development of our socially and economically underprivileged Vishwakarma brothers and sisters and it will restore their lost identity which has been long awaited.

The Union Minister said that this scheme aims to enhance traditional artisans and craftspersons production capacity and take their products to domestic and global markets. Under the scheme, 18 types of artisans and craftsmen will be benefited.

Skill training will be provided to the beneficiaries and they will receive a daily stipend of 500 rupees during the training. In addition, assistance of Rs 15,000 will be provided to purchase tool kits.

Beneficiaries will also be eligible for collateral free loan up to 3 lakh.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)