<p>In what could snowball into a Centre vs State issue, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday raised questions over the midnight meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad. </p>.<p>Maharashtra's home minister Anil Deshmukh of the NCP raised a question as to how the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz was allowed when it was just a stone-throw distance away form the Nizamuddin police station. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-lockdown-extension-in-focus-as-indias-tally-surges-to-5426-817763.html">Follow live updates on coronavirus</a></p>.<p>Deshmukh's statement comes just a couple of days after NCP founder-president Sharad Pawar questioned - who gave permission for the meeting amid heightened awareness vis-a-vis COVID-19?</p>.<p>Deshmukh wanted to know what transpired during the Doval-Maulana meeting. "Who sent NSA Doval to Markaz and why? Is this the job of NSA or Delhi Police Commissioner," Deshmukh said. </p>.<p>He also wanted to know why Doval and Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava have so far not spoken on this issue. </p>.<p>"Where did Maulana Saad abscond after meeting Doval?... where is he (Maulana Saad) now? Who is related to them (Tablighi Jamaat)," Deshmukh asked. </p>.<p>He also said that on March 15-16, the Tablighi Jamaat was to hold a grand congregation at Vasai near Mumbai, in which over 50,000 people were to attend, but Maharashtra government withdrew the permission.</p>
<p>In what could snowball into a Centre vs State issue, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday raised questions over the midnight meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad. </p>.<p>Maharashtra's home minister Anil Deshmukh of the NCP raised a question as to how the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz was allowed when it was just a stone-throw distance away form the Nizamuddin police station. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-lockdown-extension-in-focus-as-indias-tally-surges-to-5426-817763.html">Follow live updates on coronavirus</a></p>.<p>Deshmukh's statement comes just a couple of days after NCP founder-president Sharad Pawar questioned - who gave permission for the meeting amid heightened awareness vis-a-vis COVID-19?</p>.<p>Deshmukh wanted to know what transpired during the Doval-Maulana meeting. "Who sent NSA Doval to Markaz and why? Is this the job of NSA or Delhi Police Commissioner," Deshmukh said. </p>.<p>He also wanted to know why Doval and Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava have so far not spoken on this issue. </p>.<p>"Where did Maulana Saad abscond after meeting Doval?... where is he (Maulana Saad) now? Who is related to them (Tablighi Jamaat)," Deshmukh asked. </p>.<p>He also said that on March 15-16, the Tablighi Jamaat was to hold a grand congregation at Vasai near Mumbai, in which over 50,000 people were to attend, but Maharashtra government withdrew the permission.</p>
