Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray said that ₹9 lakh is being spent on Shiv Sena MLAs per day. "Lakhs of flood-affected people are there in the very same Assam, they are left on their own," he said, adding, "It feels that those who left, left for good...country saw...the person who did...most powerful work during COVID-19 had to leave his official residence."