Uddhav Thackeray morning Covid-19 positive, afternoon negative, political high drama in Maharashtra

Amidst political turmoil in Maharashtra, On morning Congress leader Kamal Nath has claimed that Maharastra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has tested positive for Covid-19. In the meantime, he was subjected to RT-PCR testing this afternoon, while local media reported that he was not suffering from Covid-19.

Earlier, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari Covid report was positive and he was hospitalized. Uddhav Thackeray was slated to hold a cabinet meeting today at 1 pm in the wake of the political crisis in the state. Kamal Nath was expected to meet Uddhav Thackeray before the Cabinet meeting, but as Uddhav Thackeray tested positive for Covid, he did not meet the chief minister.

The Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra is facing a crisis following rebellion from a group of MLAs led by Eknath Shinde. Triggering a political crisis in Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde and other Shiv Sena MLAs arrived in Assam’s Guwahati today (June 22, 2022) morning by a charter aircraft.

The Uddhav Thackeray lead siva sena rebel Maharashtra MLAs were taken to a luxury hotel on the outskirts of Guwahati amid tight security.  Speaking to reporter Shinde claimed he has 46 MLAs, including 6-7 Independent MLAs. “This number will rise in the time to come. As of now we have neither received any proposal from BJP nor are we holding any talks with them,” the Maharashtra cabinet minister said.

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Rebel leader Eknath Shinde tweeted in Marathi, “Shiv Sena MLA Shri Bharat Gogavale has been appointed as the Chief Representative of Shiv Sena Legislature. The reason is that the orders issued by Mr. Sunil Prabhu regarding today’s meeting of MLAs are legally invalid.”

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