Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
Highlight
- Uddhav Thackeray is facing worst government crisis after several MLAs revolt against MVA alliance
- Congress President Sonia Gandhi called Uddhav and inquired about the current political situation in the state.
- NCP leader Supriya Sule also praised Uddhav saying that he is emotionally attached to the Thackeray family.
Maharashtra crisis: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar called Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday and inquired about the political situation in the state.
There are speculations that after today’s cabinet meeting, Uddhav Thackeray can take some decision on his resignation.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who leads a coalition government with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance with the Congress in Maharashtra, after over 40 MLAs, including senior leader Eknath Shinde, revolted against the party. are on the verge of collapse. Camping in Guwahati, Assam.
The rebel MLAs have argued that the Uddhav-led party has deviated from its Hindutva ideology and accused them of not giving time to their own MPs.
In this Sena vs Sena battle, Eknath Shinde’s camp had earlier asked Uddhav to leave the unnatural MVA alliance and strike a deal with the BJP, however, no such step was taken by the Chief Minister.
Supporting the government, NCP chief Sharad Pawar had said that he was standing behind Uddhav Thackeray and blamed the BJP for the current government crisis.
On Monday, sources said that ever since this crisis came to the fore, Uddhav tried to resign not once but twice, but Sharad Pawar stopped him from doing so.
Sources said that Uddhav also called up the Leader of Opposition (LoP) and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, but did not have any details of their conversation.
Earlier, senior Congress and NCP leaders met Uddhav on Monday after the Supreme Court stayed the disqualification proceedings before the Deputy Speaker till July 11 and questioned the validity of notices by rebel MLAs seeking their disqualification. Seeking response to the petitions. ,
“We are alliance partners. We will sit down and discuss things together,” state Congress chief Nana Patole told reporters outside Matoshree bungalow, the residence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra, after meeting him late in the evening. Congress minister and former CM Ashok Chavan also met Thackeray.
The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress in Maharashtra is grappling with a political crisis that erupted last week after Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde visited Surat in Gujarat and Guwahati in Assam along with several Shiv Sena MLAs from there. .
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