Amid Enforcement Directorate (ED) action in connection with alleged Covid jumbo facility irregularities in Mumbai and reduction in his and his family's security, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday said that the Eknath Shinde government was scared and was fighting like cowards, reported the PTI.

The ED, which is probing alleged irregularities in the allotment of contract to a firm to operate a jumbo Covid facility had on Wednesday and Thursday raided some places reportedly connected to close aides of Thackeray as well as Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, according to the PTI.