"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.
On December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court extended till January 10 the time for the Speaker to pronounce a verdict on disqualification petitions against MLAs including Shinde.
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
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.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led Central government for the Enforcement Directorate's raid at locations linked to a Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) leader. He said it showed a "dictatorial attitude" and was "being done purposely to scare" the Opposition.
"It is highly improper for the Speaker to meet Eknath Shinde just three days before deciding the disqualification petitions filed against Shinde," the application filed by Sunil Prabhu of Thackeray camp stated.