In Maharashtra, the political tussle between the Shiv Sena and the Eknath Shinde-led rebel faction has reached the Supreme Court. The petitions were filed by the camp challenging the disqualification proceedings against Shinde and 15 other rebel MLAs. The factional war in the Shiv Sena caused political turmoil in the state after minister Eknath Shinde flew with some MLAs to Surat and then to Guwahati, where he claimed the support of 38 of the party’s MLAs, thus a two-thirds majority. Achieved it. Shiv Sena.
Meanwhile, a core committee meeting of the Maharashtra unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party was held on Monday to discuss the political situation in the state amid the crisis faced by the MVA government due to insurgency in Shiv Sena. The BJP has decided that the party will follow the approach of “wait and see”. The meeting took place at the residence of former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the presence of Maharashtra BJP President Chandrakant Patil and other BJP leaders.
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1. Fight between groups reached the Supreme Court on Monday, in which Shinde and other MLAs were granted interim relief to file a reply to the disqualification notice issued to them by the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by 5.30 pm on July 12. Earlier, the deputy speaker had given him time till 5.30 pm on Monday to file his reply. A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala, in its order, said, “As an interim measure, the time given by the Deputy Speaker to the petitioners or other similar MLAs to submit their submissions till 5.30 pm today is extended.” has gone. Till July 12, the petitioner or other MLA is free to give his reply in the writ petition without prejudice to his rights.”
2. Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Monday termed the Supreme Court’s relief to him and other disgruntled Shiv Sena MPs as a victory for Bal Thackeray’s Hindutva and the ideals of his guru Anand Dighe. The top court also refused to pass any interim order on the Maharashtra government’s plea that there should be no floor test in the assembly and said they can always approach in case of illegality. “This is a victory for Hindutva of Hindu Hriday Samrat Balasaheb and ideals of (late) Dharmaveer Anand Dighe,” Shinde, who was camping with disgruntled MLAs in Guwahati, tweeted. Shinde on Sunday moved the Supreme Court against the disqualification notice. The deputy speaker had asked him and 15 other rebel MLAs to stop the action, terming it “illegal and unconstitutional”. The petition sought a direction to the Deputy Speaker to not take any action on the disqualification petition under Rule 6 of the Legislator Defection Rules. Maharashtra is pending before the speaker of the state assembly and does not take any action on the proposal to remove the deputy speaker till it is decided. The Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat on Saturday issued “summons” to 16 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, including Shinde, demanding a written demand. Is. Reply by the evening of June 27 for complaints seeking their disqualification.
3. Aaditya Thackeray claimed that 15 to 20 Shiv Sena MLAs who have joined the rebel camp are in touch with him and urged the party to bring them back to Mumbai from Guwahati, where they will meet with cabinet minister Eknath Shinde. Staying in hotel. Whose rebellion has pushed the MVA government into a major crisis. “The filth is gone. Now we can do some good.” Shinde has claimed the support of over three dozen Shiv Sena MLAs out of the total 55. Without naming the strong Shiv Sena leader from Thane, criticizing him. , Thackeray said some leaders were “trusted on their eyes” and the sad part is that such people were promoted in the organization continuously.
4. Sources have revealed that the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, who are currently camping in Assam, are likely to stay at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati for more days and are unlikely to return before July 5.
5. A core committee meeting of the Maharashtra unit of Bharatiya Janata Party was held on Monday to discuss the political situation in the state amid the crisis faced by the MVA government due to insurgency in Shiv Sena. The BJP has decided that the party will follow the approach of “wait and see”.
6. As Maharashtra is embroiled in a political crisis, several rebel MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena are camping in Assam in a bid to topple the MVA coalition government in the state, senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari claimed on Monday. TMC Bengal, too, would face a similar fate, and long before its term came to an end. The official also said that the non-BJP states of Jharkhand and Rajasthan are next in line after Maharashtra, and Bengal’s turn will come after that.
7. A day after calling rebel party MLAs “living dead bodies” in Guwahati, Sanjay Raut on Monday said he did not want to hurt anyone’s sentiments. “I tweeted a video of Gulabrao Patil’s speech where he is talking about those who change his father. My tweet is for people sitting in Guwahati. People eat, drink,” Patil said in his speech. are and enjoy with the party and then change their father, we are not like him.” “I will repeat it,” those who stay at the party for 40 years and then run away, their soul dies, They have nothing left”, these are the lines Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia said. I didn’t want to hurt anybody’s sentiments, I just told the truth.”
8. Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray reshuffled the portfolios of ministers so that issues of public interest are not neglected or ignored, news agency ANI quoted the CMO as saying.
9. In the Patra Chawl land scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Sanjay Raut for questioning on June 28. After the summon, he said that even after beheading, he would not follow the path of Guwahati.
10. Describing Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut as “blue-eyed” of the NCP, rebel Shiv Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar on Monday said he became “active” when the formation of the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra in 2019 was just a formality. . Blessings of a “strong NCP leader” and he is ready to destroy the saffron party. In an open letter, Kesarkar said those who are elected because of MLAs are now abusing them every day, a clear reference to Sanjay Raut. We are called pigs, many disturbing abuses are coming our way, so much so that now our dead bodies await.” Talking about 2019, when Shiv Sena and BJP are expected to form government in the state for a second term. There was hope, Kesarkar said, “Sanjay Raut became active with the blessings of a strong NCP leader. The mandate was for the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance. We ignored Maharashtra and the mandate by forming an unnatural alliance with the BJP.”