Less than six months after coming to power, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government had to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. The financial impact of the pandemic on industry, commerce and trade was devastating. The BJP in the opposition, with some help from the Raj Bhavan, kept the MVA government on its toes. The responsibility for the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who is believed to have taken his own life, was pinned on the state government. Aaditya Thackeray, the chief minister’s son, was vilified in the media and the threat of the government getting toppled with BJP poaching MLAs from the ruling coalition cast a cloud of uncertainty. Unsubstantiated allegations of extortion of Rs.100 crore from bars and restaurants, a bomb scare outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s home, a political crisis leading to resignation of two cabinet ministers –kept the state government busy in fire-fighting. Above all, the government admitted to an empty coffer and shortage of medicines, beds, ventilators and oxygen.
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