Mumbai:
The Nationalist Congress Party has said that Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari should confirm whether he issued a letter to Eknath Shinde in June last year inviting him to form the government following a rebellion in the Shiv Sena. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis maintained the clarification. was unacceptable.
State NCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said the entire episode questions the constitutional validity of the government led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Taapsee said, “A recent query under the Right to Information Act revealed that Maharashtra Governor Koshyari had not issued any letter inviting Eknath Shinde to form the government. If the Governor’s office is saying that no such letter was given, it calls into question the constitutional validity of this government. After the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in June last year, Shinde formed a new government with the support of 50 MLAs and the BJP.
When Taapsee called the Shinde-BJP government unconstitutional on Tuesday, Fadnavis countered her by saying, “The letter (Shinde and inviting him to take oath) is in the custody of Governor Koshyari as a case related to the same is before the Supreme Court.” pending before. Our government is constitutional and legal. Taapsee reiterated her demand on Wednesday.
“Our demand is for Governor Koshyari to confirm whether the Raj Bhavan officially extended the invitation to Eknath Shinde. We don’t want any clarification from Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis,” the NCP leader said.
He said, “Within days of this revelation, Governor Koshyari has expressed his desire to quit and now the Raj Bhavan seems to have gone silent on the issue and Fadnavis has to speak for the Governor which is highly unacceptable.” “
A leader wishing to form a government and having the required numbers approaches the Governor, who, if convinced, invites the leader of the majority to stake claim to form the government. Taapsee said, it is an established practice.
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