NEW DELHI : The Maharashtra government led by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray may face a political crisis, with time running out for the Shiv Sena chief to become a member of either the Legislative Assembly or the Council, before he completes six months in office on 28 May.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi, the alliance between Shiv Sena, the Congress, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), is concerned that governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is yet to respond to the cabinet’s recommendation for nominating the CM to the legislative council, which was sent on 11 April.
The decision to nominate Thackeray as a member of the council was taken by the alliance as the Election Commission (EC) had put all polls on hold in view of the pandemic. “This is not