14 of Shiv Sena’s Lok Sabha MPs likely to ask Speaker Om Birla for recognition as a separate group
14 of Shiv Sena’s Lok Sabha MPs likely to ask Speaker Om Birla for recognition as a separate group
after majority Shiv Sena MLA defection Form government with BJP in MaharashtraThe party’s parliamentary party is also going to see a rebellionIt is likely to ask Speaker Om Birla of 14 of its 19 Lok Sabha MPs for recognition as a separate group.
Top sources in the BJP-Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena alliance told Hindu That the move could happen on July 13 or 14, with one official reason being given as a willingness to support National Democratic Alliance candidate Draupadi Murmu for the presidential election.
“Apart from Arvind Sawant, Vinayak Raut, Gajanan Kritikar and Sanjay Mandlaik, all other Lok Sabha MPs from Shiv Sena want to break away from the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction and declare allegiance to the Eknath Shinde faction. And while there is no whip for the presidential election, supporting Ms Murmu’s candidacy would be one of the cited reasons for the split,” said a source.
“It is basically a continuation of the overall split happening in Shiv Sena. The echo of the division of the legislature party in the Lok Sabha will also be heard below. Already, corporators of Thane and Navi Mumbai have declared allegiance in favor of Eknath Shinde, we are expecting Pune and later Mumbai to follow the same path,” said the source. Interestingly, Shrikant Shinde, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, is a Lok Sabha MP from Kalyan, elected on a Shiv Sena ticket.
All this, hopes BJP-Shinde Shiv Sena alliance, will help in wrestling The “real Shiv Sena” tag from the Thackeray family When the matter comes before the Election Commission of India, where control over party and emblem is determined not only by legislative control, but also over rank and file and office bearers.
Earlier, fearing rebellion in the Lok Sabha, Shiv Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut had written to Speaker Om Birla informing him that the party had removed Bhavna Gawli as its chief whip and replaced by its MP from Thane, Rajan Vichare. has been appointed. Mr. Shinde.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra cabinet will be expanded only after hearing the petition filed by the Uddhav Thackeray faction in the Supreme Court. Challenging the decision of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari For inviting Mr. Shinde to form the government. The matter has been fixed for hearing on July 11.