Maharashtra political turmoil LIVE | All eyes on Raj Bhavan to form the next government

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announced his resignation after the Supreme Court refused to stay the floor test on June 30. Here are the latest updates on the ongoing political turmoil in the state.

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announced his resignation after the Supreme Court refused to stay the floor test on June 30. Here are the latest updates on the ongoing political turmoil in the state.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announces resignation From Wednesday’s post, moments later Supreme Court refused to stay Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Thursday directed the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to conduct a floor test in the assembly.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will now decide the next course of action, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said on Wednesday night.

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Shri Shinde’s rebellion is the most important in the organization’s 56-year-old history Because it threatens to topple the party-led government in Maharashtra, while other revolts occurred when it was not in power in the state.

here are the latest updates

10:36 am

Shiv Sena rebels will hold a meeting to decide the way forward after Uddhav’s resignation

Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs led by senior leader Eknath Shinde, who is currently camping in Goa, will hold a meeting on Thursday to decide the way forward as the BJP seeks to form the next government in Maharashtra after Uddhav Thackeray’s resignation. likely to support. as Chief Minister.

A chartered flight carrying the separated MLAs landed at Goa’s Dabolim airport from Guwahati on Wednesday night. They are staying in a luxury hotel in Dona Paula. -PTI

12:13 pm

HC calls petition against rebel Shiv Sena MLAs ‘politically motivated’, also dismisses PIL against Thackeray

The Bombay High Court on Thursday termed as “politically motivated litigation” a PIL filed by seven citizens seeking action against disgruntled Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and other rebel MLAs of the party and said that if the petitioner deposits ₹1 lakh If so, it will hear the petition. Security.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice MS Karnik also dismissed another Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by social activist Hemant Patil against Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, his son Aaditya Thackeray and party leader Sanjay Raut for “sedition”. A demand was made to register an FIR for and disturb the public peace”.

Both the petitions were filed earlier this week. -PTI

10:34 am

We have to decide whether MVA will continue as an alliance: Thorat

After the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government, senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat says the three parties- Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress will have to sit together and decide on the opposition leader. “We also have to decide whether the MVA will continue as a coalition,” says Mr Thorat -Shoumojit Banerjee

9:44 am

A day after Uddhav’s resignation, BJP will meet in Mumbai to decide the further course of action

The BJP, which has staked claim to form the next government in Maharashtra soon after Uddhav Thackeray’s resignation as chief minister, will hold several meetings here on Thursday to decide the future course of action, where the party’s state in-charge CT Ravi said. Be present.

Ravi, who arrived in Mumbai on Thursday morning, will attend a meeting with senior party leaders, including state president Chandrakant Patil, at the ‘Sagar’ bungalow, the official residence of Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis. He said that the BJP has asked all its MLAs to stay in Mumbai city till further steps are taken. -PTI

9:36 am

All eyes on Raj Bhavan to form the next government

A day after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, all eyes are on the Raj Bhavan as to when Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari invites the BJP to form the next government in the state.

The process of change of power in the state, which began with a rebellion of around 40 of the 55 Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, was prompted by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis who met Mr Koshyari on Tuesday night and asked him to give orders. Floor test of Thackeray government, claiming that it has lost majority.

Mr Thackeray, 62, resigned on Wednesday night after the Supreme Court refused to stay Governor Koshyari’s direction to his government to hold a floor test in the assembly on Thursday. -PTI