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 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.
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.
The disqualification pleas have been pending since the Maharashtra political crises started. The plea sought direction for the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions within a time-bound manner.
The disqualification pleas have been pending since the Maharashtra political crises started. The plea sought direction for the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions within a time-bound manner.
"I have only one suggestion for the Maharashtra government. That is, the Maharashtra government will take an appropriate decision based on the Supreme Court's order," the veteran politician said.
The Maharashtra Government's General Administration Department on Friday issued a notice directing all the ministerial departments and the concerned officers to strictly follow the guidelines regarding the uploading of all government orders, notices, and resolutions on the government website
In a significant revelation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said that the members of the Maharashtra Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror module had been sharing "DIY (Do It Yourself) kits" with their contacts committed to propagating the extremist and violen