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No-Trust Vote Buzz In Maharashtra After Court Breather To Sena Rebels

Sources claim that the Eknath Shinde camp is consulting lawyers over the Constitutional provisions for holding a floor test.

No-Trust Vote Buzz In Maharashtra After Court Breather To Sena Rebels

Eknath Shindetermed the SC verdict as the victory of Balasaheb Thackeray's Hindutva.

Mumbai: In a relief to the rebel MLAs, the Supreme Court kept in abeyance their disqualification proceedings till July 11 and also turned down a plea moved by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's team against holding a floor test till then.

  1. The Supreme Court has extended the time granted to Eknath Shinde and 15 other rebel Shiv Sena MLAs to file their replies to the disqualification notices issued to them by Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal till 5:30 pm on July 12.

  2. As senior advocate Devdutt Kamat, appearing for the state government, contended that there should be no trust vote till the pending issues are decided, the Supreme Court said it cannot pass an order as that would create unnecessary complications. "If anything illegal happens, you can always move this court," it said.

  3. As both sides have refused to blink and appear prepared for a long fight, sources say Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari may ask the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government to prove majority in the house sometime this week.

  4. Sources claim that the Eknath Shinde camp is consulting lawyers over the Constitutional provisions for holding a floor test. 

  5. Mr Shinde, the leader of a staggering coup against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, claims that he has the backing of around 50 MLAs, nearly 40 from the Shiv Sena.

  6. Reports suggest that several BJP leaders held a brainstorming session at Devendra Fadnavis's residence in Mumbai after the Supreme Court order to discuss the arithmetic required to form a government along with the Shinde faction. "We are open to the proposal of government formation from Eknath Shinde," said party leader Sudhir Mungantiwa.

  7. Shortly after the Supreme Court's decision, senior leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and reiterated their support for him.

  8. Eknath Shinde, meanwhile, termed the Supreme Court's verdict as the victory of Balasaheb Thackeray's Hindutva.

  9. In midst of the turmoil, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut was served summons by the Enforcement Directorate in a money-laundering case, which he termed as a "conspiracy" to stop him.

  10. Aditya Thackeray, addressing the party workers, claimed that around 15-20 rebel MLAs, who are staying at a Guwahati hotel in Assam, are in touch with him and have urged the party to bring them back to Mumbai.



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