Shinde's win and Uddhav's loss: The nail-biting Maharashtra political thriller | Timeline
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Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis thanked the MLAs for the massive support. “I am thankful to the MLAs for their massive support to the Shinde government. Shinde is a loyal Siv Sainik. He is loyal to Balasaheb's ideology,” Devendra Fadnavis said.
Maharashtra Chief minister Eknath Shinde won the floor test. The government got the majority mark with 164 votes. The four-day-old chief minister proved his majority in 23 minutes.
As many as 99 MLAs voted against the Shinde-BJP government. Samajwadi Part's Abu Azmi and Raees Shaikh, and AIMIM MLA Shah Tarikh Anwar abstained from voting.
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis thanked the MLAs for the massive support. “I am thankful to the MLAs for their massive support to the Shinde government. Shinde is a loyal Siv Sainik. He is loyal to Balasaheb's ideology,” Devendra Fadnavis said.
Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the new chief minister of Maharashtra and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy on June 30 after a lot of twists and turns.
How it all started
1. It all started when the then CM of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray, suspected cross-voting in Legislative Council elections and called an urgent meeting of all Shiv Sena MLAs. All MLAs were strictly asked to remain present at the meeting. However, Shiv Sena leader and minister Eknath Shinde was untraceable, along with 11 MLAs.On the same day, sources in Surat confirmed that over a dozen legislators from Maharashtra were lodged at the Le Meridien hotel.
2. Shiv Sena removed Shinde from the post of legislature party leader as the news of the rebellion spread. While Shiv Sena was holding meetings with Congress and NCP, the rebel Sena MLAs shifted their base from Surat to Guwahati in BJP-ruled Assam.On arrival, Eknath Shinde claimed he had the support of 40 MLAs, more than the number required to back the anti-defection law.
