Maharashtra: Uddhav faction met governor prior SC verdict

The decision of the Supreme Court on the Maharashtra government may come on Thursday. Meanwhile, a delegation of Shiv Sena (UBT) led by former minister Aditya Thackeray met Governor Ramesh Bais at Raj Bhavan. During this meeting, the delegation drew the attention of the Governor to the fact that Mumbai does not have an elected body of representatives for more than a year now. Significantly, the election of BMC has not been announced yet.

These leaders were involved in the delegation

The delegation along with Aaditya Thackeray included Shiv Sena UBT MPs Priyanka Chaturvedi, Arvind Sawant, Anil Parab, Sunil Prabhu, Ajay Chowdhary, Anil Desai and others. An official letter has been issued by the party regarding this meeting.

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In this letter, the BMC administration has been targeted and allegations of corruption have been made. It states, "The dictatorial attitude of the BMC administration and the blatant corruption in which it is involved is a matter of concern for us Mumbaikars.In the last 9 months, representatives and former representatives of all parties have pointed out irregularities in the BMC in terms of financial mismanagement, favouring contractors and overall chaotic administration. This includes road mega tender scam, gravel monopoly scam, street furniture scam, sanitary pad vending machine scam.”

Apart from these allegations, displeasure was also expressed over the fact that no one listened to their voices. In a letter to the governor, Aaditya Thackeray claimed, "Unfortunately, no voice was heard at any official level. Neither have we received any official response from BMC Commissioner, Iqbal Singh Chahal on any of our queries, nor have any media persons or citizens received any response to their queries." 

Shiv Sena (UBT) appealed to the governor. It is said that there should be an independent, fair and transparent investigation in this matter.