Mumbai:
After Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on June 22, has also tested positive for COVID-19. The revelation came just ahead of the key cabinet meeting. Thackeray may chair the meeting via video conference.
Congress leader Kamal Nath said that he talked to CM Thackeray over the phone as the Sena chief was down with COVID-19. According to Kamal Nath, an antigen test was conducted in which CM Thackeray came positive for COVID-19.
Maharashtra is currently witnessing political turmoil as Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, along with several other MLAs, on Tuesday went incommunicado and appeared to have rebelled against the party, sending the major political outfit into a huddle.
Shinde, along with other MLAs, reached Assam’s capital city Guwahati today morning. He claimed to have the support of 40 MLAs.