Last Updated: May 12, 2023, 21:02 IST
He claimed the Shinde-BJP authorities is doing a improper evaluation of the Supreme Court verdict and insulting the apex courtroom. (File picture/ANI)
The SC has requested the Speaker to determine on the disqualification of 16 MLAs inside a “reasonable period”
A day after the Supreme Court verdict on the 2022 political disaster in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday termed the 11-month-old Eknath Shinde-led authorities in the state as “unconstitutional” and claimed it can collapse in the subsequent three months.
He mentioned the Supreme Court, in its verdict on Thursday, made essential observations and located fault with the conduct of then-Governor BS Koshyari and the Assembly Speaker in the course of the political disaster.
“This government is completely illegal and unconstitutional. There are three observations of the Supreme Court. The whip Bharat Gogawale (appointed by the Shinde faction and recognised by Speaker) is illegal. Orders given by the illegal whip are illegal. The court has clarified that our whip Sunil Prabhu was the legal whip.
“Every decision taken by then-Governor, including direction for a floor test, has been considered wrong by the Supreme Court. The election of Eknath Shinde as the group leader (after the rebellion in Shiv Sena) has also been called illegal by the court. The court has also said no (Sena) group can claim it’s the original political party,” Raut mentioned.
The Rajya Sabha member, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray, was addressing a press conference in Nashik in north Maharashtra.
“Not only the 16 rebel Sena MLAs, including Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, but the remaining 24 MLAs will also be disqualified and the Shinde-Fadnavis government in the state will collapse in the next three months. The end of this government is near. The Speaker will have to take a decision in 90 days (on disqualification of rebel MLAs),” he mentioned.
Raut mentioned officers and police personnel shouldn’t observe “illegal orders of this illegal government”.
He claimed the Shinde-BJP authorities is doing a improper evaluation of the Supreme Court verdict and insulting the apex courtroom.
In its eagerly awaited verdict on the Sena vs Sena political battle, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that it can not restore the MVA authorities led by Thackeray as he resigned as CM with out going through a flooring check in June final 12 months although it handed crucial remarks towards then-Governor Koshyari.
The SC has requested the Speaker to determine on the disqualification of 16 MLAs inside a “reasonable period”.
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