Mumbai: BJP MP Narayan Rane demands President's rule in Maharashtra

BJP MP Narayan Rane on Saturday demanded the imposition of Presidents rule in Maharashtra alleging failure of the Shiv Senaled Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in maintaining law and order and its inept handling of the COVID19 crisisRane a bete noire of Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said he would write to President Ram Nath Kovind and Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding dismissal of the state governmentThe law and order in the state has collapsed crime against women is on the rise and the economy is in a complete mess The state government is unable to handle the situation The state has reported the highest number of COVID19 deaths the Rajya Sabha MP allegedThe BJP has sharpened its attack on the MVA government in view of recent controversies including alleged link of Sena MLA Sanjay Rathod to the death of a woman Owing to pressure Rathod resigned last month as a state forest ministerSenior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar recently attacked the state government over the post of Assembly Speaker which has been lying vacant since the resignation of incumbent Nana Patole of the CongressThe election schedule for Speakers post must be announced immediately otherwise there would be Presidents rule the BJP leader had saidRecently the mysterious death of Mansukh Hiren the purported owner of the vehicle with explosives parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house triggered a war of words between the opposition BJP and the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government headed by the Shiv SenaLeader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis of BJP on Friday demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency NIA into the incidentOn Saturday Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil alleged that suspicious death of Hiren is prima facie a murderPresidents rule was imposed in Maharashtra in November 2019 after no political party was able to prove majority in the legislative assembly after elections on a recommendation by Governor Bhagat Singh KoshyariLater the Shiv Sena joined hands with the NCP and Congress to form a coalition governmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever