Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray taunted former ally BJP over its proximity with Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, pointing out to the opposition party leaders' "almost daily visits¿ to the sprawling Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai.

"While in opposition, we used to visit Raj Bhavan maybe once or twice a year, but not daily," Thackeray said, without naming any BJP leader. The relations between the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government and the governor have been strained from the start after the coalition came to power in 2019. Thackeray and Koshyari were together at a function at the Raj Bhavan where President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the newly-reconstructed Durbar Hall. The air at the Raj Bhavan is always "cool irrespective of political air," the chief minister quipped.