"Rewarding Defection": Deputy Speaker To Supreme Court On Eknath Shinde
NDTV
The rebels have committed the "constitutional sin of defection" and Eknath Shinde -- who is now the Chief Minister -- was "hand-in-glove with the BJP all along," Narhari Zirwal wrote to the Supreme Court
There is "no better way to reward defection than offering its leader the post of Chief Minister," Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal has told the Supreme Court ahead of tomorrow's big hearing over the political crisis in the state. The rebel MLAs should be disqualified and should be suspended until disqualification proceedings are complete, Mr Zirwal wrote.
On June 27, the Supreme Court had issued notice to the Deputy Speaker seeking his reply on the plea filed by Eknath Shinde camp against his disqualification notices. The court will hear a clutch of petitions from both sides tomorrow.
"The MLAs have engaged in anti-party activities and deserve to be disqualified as Members of the Maharashtra Assembly," Mr Zirwal wrote today in response to Eknath Shinde's appeal.
The rebels have committed the "constitutional sin of defection". Eknath Shinde -- who is now the Chief Minister -- was "hand-in-glove with the BJP all along," read Mr Zirwal's response to the court.
