Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will face the floor test tomorrow, June 30. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has written a letter to Assembly Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat calling upon Mr Thackeray to convene a special session at 11 am to prove his majority in the House.
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde said on Wednesday that he would reach Mumbai on Thursday for a floor test against those in trouble. Uddhav ThackerayShiv Sena-NCP-Congress-led government in Maharashtra.
Shinde today stepped out of the Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati, where he and other rebel MLAs from Maharashtra have been camping since June 22, and went to the Kamakhya temple to seek blessings. Shinde and his aides were accompanied by Assam BJP MLA Sushant Borgohain, who has been with him since the dissidents landed at the Guwahati airport.
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde tweeted in Guwahati, “I have come here to pray for peace and happiness of Maharashtra. Will go to Mumbai tomorrow for floor test and follow all procedures.”
The announcement of Shinde’s return to Mumbai came hours after BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis returned as chief minister, met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday night and called him for a floor test in the assembly as Thackeray. The government led by the Shinde group had lost majority after the rebellion.