Maharashtra Political Crisis: Fate Of 16 Rebel Sena MLAs To Be Decided Today

A serious political growth will happen in Maharashtra at the moment the place the (*16*) Speaker will resolve the destiny of 16 insurgent Sena MLAs who’re going through the disqualification risk. (*16*) Speaker Rahul Narvekar will give his verdict on disqualification below anti-defection legislation towards 16 Shiv Sena MLAs together with CM Eknath Shinde after the Supreme Court requested the Maharashtra speaker to resolve on the difficulty in a time-bound method. Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena has already reached the Supreme Court within the matter. 

Ahead of the decision, Speaker Narvekar had met CM Shinde which irked the Sena (UBT) faction because the get together alleged match-fixing. Uddhav Thackeray stated on Tuesday that his get together has given an affidavit within the Supreme Court objecting to the assembly held between Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and (*16*) Speaker Rahul Narvekar earlier than the choice on the disqualification petition. On December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court had prolonged the deadline for deciding on disqualification petitions from December 31 to January 10. The Speaker might announce the decision round 4pm at the moment. 

While the choice is necessary for each the Sena factions, it’ll additionally resolve the destiny of CM Shinde who’s among the many 16 MLAs. If the Speaker chooses to disqualify the MLAs, CM Shinde must resign from the submit. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has referred to as a second assembly of his Cabinet at 10 am after a late-night assembly held yesterday. 

Meanwhile, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has stated that the choice of the (*16*) Speaker within the disqualification case of MLAs can have no influence on the Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP coalition authorities and the federal government will stay steady. He stated that the coalition authorities is legally legitimate and hoped that the choice of the (*16*) Speaker would offer justice to the MLAs. 

In June 2022, Eknath Shinde and lots of different Sena MLAs rebelled towards the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. After this, Thackeray resigned earlier than the ground check and the coalition authorities of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) fell. Eknath Shinde turned the Chief Minister in June 2022 itself with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission gave the title ‘Shiv Sena’ and ‘bow and arrow’ election image to the Shinde-led faction, whereas the Thackeray-led faction was given the title Shiv Sena (UBT) and torch image. 

Maharashtra will go to the polls round October this yr.