After the Supreme Court rapped then Governor B.S. Koshyari for calling the belief vote which led to the autumn of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA authorities, Mr. Thackeray on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “tell his people” (Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis authorities) to resign and challenged the ruling dispensation to face elections.
Speaking in Shirdi, Mr. Thackeray additional mentioned that Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar must take a call quickly on the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Eknath Shinde camp based mostly on the framework laid down by the SC verdict, whereas warning that his get together – the Shiv Sena (UBT) – can be compelled to move the Supreme Court again on the matter.
“The Speaker will have to take a decision based on the framework laid down by the Supreme Court. If he does anything wrong, then we will move the SC again . After that this [Shinde-Fadnavis] government will not be able to save face,” mentioned Mr. Thackeray, whereas expressing satisfaction on the apex court docket’s judgement on Thursday.
Alluding to Mr. Narwekar’s frequent get together hopping (first within the undivided Shiv Sena, then the NCP and now the BJP), Mr. Thackeray mentioned that he hoped the Speaker wouldn’t procrastinate and resolve quickly on the disqualification in gentle of the SC’s strictures.
The Sena (UBT) chief additional mentioned that following the SC’s order, there was a query mark over the legality of Mr. Narwekar’s election.
The former CM mentioned that the SC’s remark that Mr. Thackeray may have been reinstated as CM had he not resigned earlier than the ground check referred to as by Mr. Koshyari final 12 months meant that the present Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-BJP authorities was “illegal.”
He reiterated that he was glad along with his choice to resign on “moral grounds” previous to the ground check in June final 12 months which toppled the tripartite MVA authorities of the Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress.
“I am satisfied with my decision. The reason I quit before the floor test is that I did not wish deceivers [alluding to the Shinde rebel Sena faction] to pass a no-confidence motion against me. As per the SC’s judgement, I might have become CM today, but I have no interest in occupying the top post in this manner,” Mr. Thackeray mentioned.
Challenging the Shinde-Fadnavis dispensation to face elections, he mentioned: “In a democracy, the final court of appeal is that of the people. Let us face elections and leave the decision to them on which faction is legal or not.”
Responding to Mr. Thackeray, Mr. Fadnavis, talking in Nagpur mentioned that if anybody tried to pressurize the speaker in any method, then it could contradict the nation’s free and honest authorized course of.
“The SC has clearly given the right to adjudicate on the disqualification to the Speaker and within reasonable time. He himself is a very good lawyer and I do not think he will succumb to any pressure,” mentioned Mr. Fadnavis.
On Mr. Thackeray’s assertion that he would method the SC if a call on the disqualification was not taken, Mr. Fadnavis mentioned the court docket had granted the Speaker depart to adjudicate inside an inexpensive time period
Mr. Thackeray’s refusal to take the ground check final 12 months and his resignation earlier than the belief vote was met with disapproval from his MVA allies – the NCP and the Congress.
Both NCP chief Sharad Pawar and senior Congressman Prithviraj Chavan have mentioned, that Mr. Thackeray’s move was a mistake.
Meanwhile, senior NCP chief Ajit Pawar mentioned on Friday {that a} cut up throughout the Shiv Sena final 12 months might need been handled had the MVA alliance moved swiftly after the resignation of Congressman Nana Patole because the Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly in February 2021.
“The former Speaker of the Assembly (Mr. Patole) resigned without consulting the former CM Uddhav Thackeray. This should not have happened in the first place but it happened…that said, I am not blaming any specific person in our alliance. All three parties ought to have acted in concert to fill up the crucial post of the Speaker,” mentioned Mr. Pawar.
