Rahul Gandhi to miss Uddhav Thackeray's swearing-in, pens letter to Shiv Sena chief
New Delhi/IBNS: Congratulating Uddhav Thackeray, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi penned a letter to the Shiv Sena chief who will take oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister on Thursday evening.
Rahul will not be able to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Uddhav who will lead the Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress alliance government.
The former Congress president wrote in the letter, "The events leading up to the government formation in Maharashtra have set a dangerous precedent for our democracy. I am glad that the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi has come together to defeat the BJP's attempt to undermine our democracy."
He added, "The people of Maharashtra have high expectations from the coalition and I am confident it will provide them a stable, secular and pro-poor government."
Uddhav's son and Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray flew down to New Delhi on Wednesday night to invite Rahul and Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi to the oath-taking ceremony at Shivaji Park here.
Sonia will also not be present at the oath-taking ceremony.
Along with Uddhav, six other ministers of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government will swear in on Thursday.
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