Mumbai: Soon after a delegation of the Shiv Sena (UBT) handed over a 79-page letter to the Maharashtra Deputy Speaker in search of expedited motion within the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Eknath Shinde camp, NCP chief Ajit Pawar made it clear that the motion wouldn’t really topple the federal government.
“Even if 16 MLAs are disqualified, the government of Shinde and (Devendra) Fadnavis will not fall. There is no threat to the government,” he mentioned on Monday whereas addressing a press convention right here in Mumbai. Attaching an argument to his opinion, he mentioned that in a 288-member meeting, the federal government won’t lose its majority mark, even when 16 MLAs are disqualified.
Notably, a delegation of the Shiv Sena (UBT) handed over a letter in search of expedited motion within the disqualification of 16 Shinde camp MLAs following the Supreme Court’s current verdict throughout their assembly with Maharashtra’s deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and Assembly secretary Jitendra Bhole.
The Whip of Shiv Sena (UBT), Sunil Prabhu, mentioned that the UBT Sena’s delegation submitted a letter to the Speaker following the apex court docket’s order that dominated that the Speaker can adjudicate the disqualification of the 16 Shinde camp MLAs.
“Since the Speaker is yet to return from his foreign tour, we submitted the letter to his deputy,” Prabhu mentioned.
The ruling coalition of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the moment has 145 MLAs whereas the general coalition has162 MLAs, 17 greater than the required quantity to type authorities in Maharashtra.
The Supreme Court’s verdict has given contemporary impetus to the Shiv Sena disaster, with former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray calling for an early determination on the disqualification of 16 occasion MLAs.
The prime court docket additionally pulled up then Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and mentioned he didn’t have causes based mostly on goal materials earlier than him to achieve the conclusion that then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had misplaced the boldness of the House. The court docket mentioned that aid was due for Thackeray if he had not resigned earlier than going through the ground check.
