Uddhav Thackeray faction (UBT) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Maharashtra Speaker to recognize the Eknath Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday said that the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker's decision to declare the Eknath Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena is "unfortunate and against the Constitution of India."
Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that the Maharashtra assembly speaker's decision on the pleas demanding disqualification of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction's lawmakers was a "play scripted long ago."
After Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday declared the Eknath Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena, the chief minister took a swipe at the Uddhav Sena and its MVA partner Congress, saying that the ruling came as a 'shock' to "people who run political parties through d
Amid criticism from the UBT faction of Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar said that approaching a court does not mean that the order passed by him is overturned and one has to establish that it is illegal.
"Never seen a more shameless verdict of the tribunal that has murdered democracy," Aaditya Thackeray who is the son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in a post on 'X' on Wednesday.
Maharashtra Minister and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader Uday Samant on Wednesday hailed the Speaker's verdict on the Shiv Sena factions, stating that it has now been finalised who is the "traitor".
After the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker gave a verdict on MLAs disqualification pleas by both Shiv Sena factions in favour of the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction, the opposition went all guns blazing, with former CM Uddhav Thackeray calling the verdict the 'murder of democracy'.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde called the verdict of Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar on the 'real Shiv Sena', not any political party's victory but that of the Indian Constitution and democracy.
Hours after Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar stated that the Eknath Shinde faction was the real Shiv Sena following the June 2022 split in the party, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asserted that there is now no reason to doubt the stability of the governmen
Criticising the Maharashtra Speaker's verdict on MLAs disqualification pleas, former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the order is a murder of democracy and is an insult to the decision of the Supreme Court.
Nana Patole said, "Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar's judgment is unconstitutional and it's an undemocratic judgment and it was against party rules, he accepted that the real Shivsena was 1999, and he did not disqualify any MLA from both sides. We have faith in the Supreme Court. Democracy is