The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will hear on January 22 plea of Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena challenging the order of Maharashtra Speaker on the dismissal of disqualification pleas against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction MLAs.
After Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar ruled that the Eknath Shinde faction was the 'real' Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday called the Shinde faction leaders 'fraud' and said that Narvekar and the Maharashtra Chief Minister must appear before people and must explain who
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.
Hours after Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar ruled that the Eknath Shinde faction was the 'real' Shiv Sena, the Lok Sabha MP from the rival UBT faction, Priyanka Chaturvedi, dragged the BJP intoi the matter saying that everything happens in accordance with the wishes of Prime M
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'.
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.
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.