Amid the start of a legal battle between two Shiv Sena factions – one led by former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and the other by rebel leader and new chief minister Eknath Shinde – both the party groups defied the whip issued by the other group. For the election of the Speaker in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. A two-day assembly session was called on June 3 for the election of the new Speaker. floor test today, BJP’s Rahul Narvekar The president was elected after securing 164 votes.
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Meanwhile, blow to Uddhav Thackeray Maharashtra Assembly Speaker reinstates Mr. Shinde Ajay Choudhary as the leader of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party. Mr Narvekar also recognized the appointment of Bharat Gogawale from the Shinde camp as chief whip of the Shiv Sena, removing Sunil Prabhu, who is from the Thackeray faction.
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis claimed that the Shinde government would prove majority with 166 votes. At present, the BJP has 106 MLAs in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly and Mr. Shinde is leading 39 rebel MLAs of Shiv Sena and some independents. Recently after the death of a Shiv Sena MLA, the present strength of the assembly has come down to 287, thus the majority mark is 144.
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Here are the latest updates:
Mumbai | 10:50 am
Shinde files petition for disqualification of Shiv Sena MLAs
Legislature group leader Eknath Shinde and chief whip Bharat Gogawale filed a petition seeking disqualification of Shiv Sena MLAs, including Aaditya Thackeray, for violating the whip, after receiving recognition from the state legislative assembly secretariat.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena has said that the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution does not confer any authority on the Legislative Secretariat to decide on the leader of the Legislature Party, but it is the right of the party president. , Mumbai Bureau
Mumbai | 10:30 AM
Another Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Bangar joins Shinde camp
Another Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Bangar joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s camp. , Mumbai Bureau
Mumbai | 10:20 am
Shinde-led faction cannot claim to be original Shiv Sena: Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut arrives at the Enforcement Directorate office for questioning in an alleged money laundering case related to the redevelopment of Patra Chawl in Mumbai, Friday, July 1, 2022. photo credit: PTI
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday questioned the legitimacy of the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and said the group cannot claim to be the original army.
Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Mr Raut said that these MLAs (of the Shinde group) should ask themselves some questions. He used the party symbol and all the benefits that came with it to win the election and then broke the same party.
“We will definitely fight it in court. Shinde faction left Shiv Sena, then how can they claim that their group is parent party and not Uddhav Thackeray-led. The name Thackeray is synonymous with Shiv Sena.” Rajya Sabha member said. , PTI
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Meaning of lineage-free India
The opposition to dynastic politics in the political strategy of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has gradually moved from the periphery to the centre. At the heart of the party line propounded at the BJP’s national executive meeting in Hyderabad was the focus on a ‘vansh-mukt (lineage-free) India’. Dynastic politics is becoming a meta-narrative under which all the declared evils of opposition parties – corruption, misgovernance, secularism etc. – are tried to be codified.
Mumbai |
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker reinstates Eknath Shinde as leader of Shiv Sena Legislature Party
In a jolt to Uddhav Thackeray ahead of the floor test of the Eknath Shinde-led government, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar reinstated Mr Shinde as the leader of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party, replacing Ajay Choudhary.
Mr Narvekar also recognized the appointment of Bharat Gogawale from the Shinde camp as chief whip of the Shiv Sena, replacing Sunil Prabhu, who is from the Thackeray faction.
Mumbai |
Not only me, Shiv Sena’s Milind Narvekar also met Fadnavis after becoming Deputy Chief Minister: Dhananjay Munde
NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde said in the state assembly on Sunday that Milind Narvekar, a close aide of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, had met BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis a few days ago after becoming the deputy chief minister.
Mr Munde had met Mr Fadnavis when he was appointed deputy to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday.
Speaking in the House congratulating the newly-appointed Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar, Mr Munde inadvertently referred to him as Milind Narvekar, who is the Shiv Sena secretary.
When this was pointed out to him, Mr. Munde requested that the comments be removed. , PTI
Mumbai |
Shinde government may fall in Maharashtra in next six months, be prepared for mid-term polls: Pawar
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said mid-term elections are likely in Maharashtra as the government led by rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde may fall in the next six months.
He made this statement while addressing NCP MLAs and other party leaders in the evening.
An NCP leader who attended the meeting quoted Pawar as saying, “The newly formed government in Maharashtra may fall in the next six months, so everyone should be prepared for the mid-term polls.”
“Mr. Pawar said that many rebel MLAs supporting Shinde are not happy with the current arrangement. Once the ministerial portfolios are divided, their unrest will come to the fore, which will eventually result in the fall of the government,” he said. PTI
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Eknath Shinde government to face trust vote on July 4
Amid the start of a legal battle between two Shiv Sena factions – one led by former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and the other by rebel leader and new chief minister Eknath Shinde – both the party groups defied the whip issued by the other group. For the election of the Speaker in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.