Uddhav Thackeray dials PM Narendra Modi for help to get into Upper House

MUMBAI: More than a fortnight after the cabinet urged him to nominate chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to the legislative council, governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari will seek the opinion of attorney general K K Venugopal on the matter.Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday spoke to PM Modi over the delay in his appointment to the upper house by Koshyari. An NCP minister said Thackeray knocked at the doors of Modi and sought his cooperation in resolving the crisis, bringing to his notice that if no decision was taken then he would have to quit office.“As there was no response from Koshyari, Thackeray dialled the PM,” he said. The NCP minister said the cabinet first took the decision to nominate Thackeray from the governor’s quota on April 9 and reiterated it on Tuesday.“During discussion with Koshyari, he informed a delegation led by Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil that before taking any decision he will consult the attorney general,” he said.“We told the governor to please not wait till May 27, the last date for the CM to become a member of either of the houses of the state legislature," he said.