Uddhav Thackeray Covid Positive:
Uddhav Thackeray Covid Positive: Congress leader Kamal Nath has claimed that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has tested positive for COVID-19. Thackeray was scheduled to hold a cabinet meeting at 1 pm today in view of the political crisis in the state.
Kamal Nath was expected to meet Uddhav Thackeray before the cabinet meeting, but did not meet the chief minister as soon as Uddhav tested positive for Covid. The Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra is facing a crisis following a rebellion by a group of MLAs led by Eknath Shinde. Earlier in the day, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was admitted to a private hospital in South Mumbai after testing coronavirus positive.
Uddhav Thackeray Covid Positive: Shinde, a disgruntled Shiv Sena leader, has claimed that 40 MLAs from Maharashtra have accompanied him to Guwahati in Assam and are committed to the ‘Hindutva’ ideology of Balasaheb Thackeray. Shinde reached Guwahati this morning along with a group of Shiv Sena and Independent MLAs.
Shiv Sena has 55 MLAs, followed by allies of NCP (53) and Congress (44), in the 288-member assembly where the current simple majority mark is 144. Earlier, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut had claimed that Shiv Sena has 14 to 15 MLAs. Some ministers are with Shinde in Gujarat’s Surat city.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray has removed his cabinet minister post from his Twitter profile. Aaditya stepped down as tourism and environment minister after senior Shiv Sena leadership hinted at dissolving the Maharashtra assembly.
The future of the MVA coalition-led government in Maharashtra hangs in the balance with Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, as he claims, camping in Guwahati, shifted from a resort in Surat on Wednesday morning. After they are done, they claim.
Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, who is in Mumbai in the wake of the political crisis in the Thackeray-led Maharashtra government, told reporters that he was supposed to meet the CM but cannot do so now as the latter has been tested positive for coronavirus. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had also tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to a private hospital in south Mumbai, another official said.
Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, who is in Mumbai in the wake of the political crisis in the Thackeray-led Maharashtra government, told reporters that he was supposed to meet the CM but cannot do so now as the latter has been tested positive for coronavirus. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had also tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to a private hospital in south Mumbai, another official said.
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