Uddhav Sena files fresh challenge to Shinde govt in Supreme Court

The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Maharashtra Governor’s decision to ask rebel leader Eknath Shinde to make the govt.

The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena has moved the Supreme Court another time, now challenging the Maharashtra Governor’s decision to ask rebel leader Eknath Shinde to create the govt.

On June 30, Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari met with Shinde and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis at Raj Bhavan, during which the 2 submitted letters of the supporting MLAs to stake claim for presidency formation.

Team Uddhav has also challenged the Maharashtra assembly proceedings on July 3-4, during which the Shinde-BJP combine first appointed a brand new Speaker, then held a floor test within the House.

Rahul Narvekar of the BJP was on Sunday elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly. He defeated Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday comfortably won a vital confidence choose the state assembly, cementing his grip on power five days after assuming office with BJP support following a revolt within the Shiv Sena.

Last month, Shinde (58) launched a rebellion against the Shiv Sena leadership and managed to induce the support of nearly 40 MLAs of the party, enough to flee provisions of the anti-defection law, resulting in the collapse of the two-and-a-half-year old Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Shinde, a Shiv Sena MLA from Thane city, was sworn in because the chief minister on June 30, daily after Thackeray quit the post. BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in because the deputy CM.

In a separate plea filed by the Uddhav Thackeray last month, the highest court kept delayed the disqualification proceedings against rebel Shiv Sena MLAs before the Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly till July 11, and also sought responses from the regime et al on their pleas questioning the legality of notices seeking their disqualification.