Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray didn’t have home portfolio, so was in dark, says Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan

MUMBAI: Former chief minister and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said that chief minister Uddhav Thackeray was perhaps in the dark about Shiv Sena MLAs deserting the party because he did not have the home portofolio with himself or with the Sena. He said this during the release of a book held at the Press Club on Wednesday.
Even in the MVA government, the NCP had claimed the portfolio. Chavan said that this factor alone robbed Udhav Thackeray of an opportunity to have prior information about a section of Sena MLAs leaving for Surat.
Chavan also regretted the delay in the appointment of a new speaker in the Maharashtra assembly. Chavan said even earlier when the Congress and NCP had formed the democratic front, he had argued for the home portfolio to go to the party to which the chief minister belonged.
When Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan were at the helm in the state, the home portfolio was with the NCP.