SC to hear Uddhav Thackeray's plea against 16 MLAs today, may decide Shinde-BJP govt's fate
India Today
The rebel MLAs were served a disqualification notice on Saturday by the deputy speaker of the Maharashtra assembly. They have been asked to file their reply by 5.30 pm on Monday. The newly sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Shinde is also named in the list of 16.
The fate of sixteen Shiv Sena MLAs, who joined rebel leader Eknath Shinde to force the party to sever ties with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party and re-align with the BJP, will be decided by the Supreme Court today. The on-going political crisis in Maharashtra for some time now might come to an end today with the Supreme Court decision.
The rebel MLAs were served a disqualification notice on Saturday by the deputy speaker of the Maharashtra assembly. They have been asked to file their reply by 5.30 pm on Monday. The newly sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Shinde is also named in the list of 16.
Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and his supporters have filed two petitions in the Supreme Court.
The first petition is the old one where the disqualification of 16 rebel MLAs is to be decided, while the second petition is the one which was filed on Friday. In that petition, Thackeray challenged the Governor’s decision to call rebel MLA Eknath Shinde to form the government on June 30.
The bench will hear the petitions on trust vote issues, appointment of chief whip in the Assembly by the newly-elected speaker and disqualification pleas pending against 16 rebel Sena MLAs.
With at least four different petitions still pending before the top court, all eyes are on what the Supreme Court will do in this case.
