'Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray Is COVID Positive': Congress Leader Kamal Nath

This comes after the state's Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari also tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.

Amid the political turmoil in Maharashtra, Congress leader Kamal Nath, who has been appointed as the party's observer for the state, said on Wednesday, 22 June, that he was unable to meet Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as the latter had tested positive for COVID-19.

"We had a meeting with Uddhav Thackeray but he has tested positive for Covid. That's why I cannot meet him," Nath said while addressing the press on Wednesday.

The chief minister will attend a Cabinet meet to discuss the ongoing political turmoil via video conferencing.

This comes after Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was shifted to the hospital after testing positive for the virus on Wednesday. The 80-year-old governor had taken to Twitter to say that he had "mild symptoms."