It turned out to be a face-off between Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his predecessor Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday in the legislative assembly over various issues related to the civic poll-bound Mumbai. While Thackeray said his government was committed to saving the city that has been treated as a goose that lays the golden eggs, Fadnavis specifically targeted the Shiv Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) making allegations of corruption in mega projects and COVID-19 mitigation. Thackeray spoke on another motion on affordable housing before Fadnavis kicked off the opposition’s customary last-week motion which was participated by both sides.

Will protect Mumbai: CM

Earlier, the CM appreciated his cabinet colleagues for seriously thinking about Mumbai. He said many schemes will give the working class affordable homes. He said his government will protect the city that has been treated as a goose that lays the golden eggs. He said not all schemes in the city depended solely on the state government, but they needed support from the Centre. Thackeray said the railway-owned land was not transferred to the state for Dharavi slum’s redevelopment despite paying R800 crore. He added that the Centre owned several land parcels in the city and “we need to think how to use them”. He promised to probe the irregularities committed by the developers in the delayed slum rehabilitation projects, saying that the MVA government practised what it had promised to the city.