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.
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
After the Maharashtra Speaker announced its decision in favour of the Shinde faction Shiv Sena, UBT faction leader Sanjay Raut said that this is all match-fixing and they will approach the Supreme Court.
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday rejected the disqualification cross-petitions filed by rival Shiv Sena groups in a crucial verdict and noted that the Shinde faction was real Shiv Sena following the June 2022 split in the party
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and leader of opposition in the Maharashtra assembly, Ambadas Danve, said on Wednesday that the party would challenge the verdict of Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar in the Supreme Court.
Delivering verdict on cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of rival group MLAs after a split in the party in June last year, Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar said on Wednesday that the "Shinde faction was real Shiv Sena when rival factions emerged"
After Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena moved to the Supreme Court on the Speaker-Chief Minister meeting, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar slammed the former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and said that Thackeray should know for what purposes a speaker could meet a chief m