Legislature sources said Patole handed over his resignation to deputy speaker Narhari Zhirwal.
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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Nana Patole, tipped to be the next chief of the state unit of the Congress, resigned from his post on Thursday.
Legislature sources said Patole handed over his resignation to deputy speaker Narhari Zhirwal.
Patole, the MLA from Sakoli in Bhandara district, is likely to replace revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat as state Congress president soon, according to party sources.
The Congress shares power with the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra.
A delegation of Congress ministers, headed by Thorat, had recently met the party leadership in Delhi.
Nana Patole resigns as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker, likely to take over as state Congress chief Legislature sources told PTI that Patole handed over his resignation to deputy speaker Narhari Zhirwal on Thursday File image of Nana Patole. ANI
Mumbai: Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Nana Patole, tipped to be the next chief of the state unit of the Congress, resigned from his post on Thursday.
Legislature sources said Patole handed over his resignation to deputy speaker Narhari Zhirwal.
Patole, the MLA from Sakoli in Bhandara district, is likely to replace revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat as state Congress president soon, according to party sources.
Bhandara fire tragedy: CM Uddhhav Thackeray visits hospital, orders safety audit
Bhandara fire tragedy: CM Uddhhav Thackeray visits hospital, orders safety audit
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Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday visited Bhandara district general hospital and announced that a team comprising Divisional Commissioner, former Mumbai fire brigade chief will probe the fire incident in which 10 newborns died.
Speaking to reporters after the visit, CM also informed that the fire safety audit of all government hospitals will be done soon.
CM @OfficeofUT visited the Bhandara dist general hospital, announced a team comprising Divisional Commissioner, former Mumbai firebrigade chief will probe the fire incident in which 10 newborns died. Fire safety audit of all govt hospitals to be done soon @fpjindia@MahaDGIPRpic.twitter.com/FOKwf9et3D Sanjay Jog (@SanjayJog7) January 10, 2021
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said orders have been issued for conducting safety audit of all hospitals in the state, after 10 newborn babies died in a hospital fire in Bhadara. Thackeray flew in from Mumbai in the afternoon and met parents of the babies who died in the fire on Saturday. He also spoke to hospital and health officials.
The chief minister told reporters that he met the kin of the victims with folded hands. I could not find words to console them, he said. The probe we have announced will also check if the fire was an accident or something which happened as a result of ignoring earlier safety report, Thackeray said.
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Maharashtra CM warns of stringent action if negligence is found
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Charred remains of furniture and other equipments at the Bhandara General Hospital, where a fire broke out, in Bhandara district, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Maharashtra CM warns of stringent action if negligence is found
In the wake of the horrific tragedy in which 10 newborn babies died in a hospital fire in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that orders had been given for conducting a safety and fire audit of all government hospitals across the State.
Mr. Thackeray visited Bhandara on Sunday and met with the grief-stricken parents who lost their babies in the accident which occurred on the wee hours of Saturday. He also spoke with hospital and health officials in the district, which is part of the State’s Vidarbha region.