File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI)
MUMBAI: Rahul Gandhi’s statement on Tuesday that the Congress was “only supporting” the Maharashtra government and was not “the key decision-maker” and NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s Monday evening meeting with CM Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s Matoshree residence fuelled the theory that the barely six-months-old Maha Vikas Aghadi regime may be charting its course through troubled political waters amid the escalating Covid-19 crisis in the state.
While Raj Bhavan on Tuesday scotched speculation that the state was headed for President’s rule by stating no such recommendation had been made to Rashtrapati Bhavan and ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis said BJP had no interest in toppling the government which “would collapse under its own contradictions,” Rahul’s statement gave fresh ammo to talk about differences and lack of coordination between MVA constituents, CM Thackeray’s alleged unilateral decisions against NCP’s wishes and the government’s disagreements with Governor B S Koshyari.
“We are supporting the government in Maharashtra, but we are not the key decision-maker… There i