NCP chief Sharad Pawar reacting to the BJP’s win with all three of its candidates winning the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra, said, “The BJP succeeded in winning over some of the independents who were supporting us. This is the reason for the difference in votes. The MVA has received the support of all its MLAs. This miracle that has happened we need to accept this. This has happened largely due to Devendra Fadnavis’s ability to win over people with all the measures at his disposal.”
In Covid news, of the 3,081 new Covid-19 cases witnessed across Maharashtra on Friday, 1,956 infections were from Mumbai alone. For the first time since January 23, Mumbai recorded Covid-19 cases as high as 1,956 on Friday. This is a 15 per cent surge, as the city had reported 1,702 cases a day before. The test positivity rate (TPR) – the number of positive cases out of the total tests conducted – reached 12.74 per cent in the city on Friday.
In another development, Protests were held across 14 districts in Maharashtra by members of the Muslim community demanding the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and party leader Naveen Jindal, who had made objectionable comments against Prophet Mohammad last month. According to the police, protests were held after Friday prayers in 117 locations in 14 districts, including Thane, Solapur, Jalna, Aurangabad, Nandurbar, Parbhani, Beed, Latur, Bhandara, Pune, Nagpur, Satara, Raigad and Chandrapur.
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Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-updates-maharashtra-covid-cases-traffic-protests-7963886/
