Ashish Shelar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called the joint parade of MLAs by Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress, an 'insult to the MLAs and the people who elected them'. He also took a sarcastic jibe a the three parties by saying, "Photo yours, photographer yours, Photo finish will be BJP's"
"I pledge not to fall prey to any inducements by the BJP" - That's what the legislators of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine vowed on Monday at the unprecedented parade of 162 MLAs in a show of strength. The MLAs took oath in the presence of senior leaders of the three parties -- Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and Mallikarjun Kharge.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, addressing a gathering of MLAs of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress' newly formed alliance said that there will be no problem for the alliance to prove its majority on the floor of the house.
Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine has been fighting for Satyamev Jayate and not 'Satta'mev Jayate, Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray said at the massive show of strength at Grand Hyatt hotel in Mumbai on Monday.
The NCP is busy trying keep its flock together in Mumbai with MLAs hopping between hotels while party supremo Sharad Pawar is sending his top aides to bring back his rebel nephew Ajit Pawar from the BJP's fold but the exercise has proved futile till now.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday told the Supreme Court that he is from the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and has been authorised by 54 of the party's MLAs to take a decision on their behalf on government formation in the state.
In a show of strength, the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine has decided to parade 162 MLAs before the media today, challenging the Governor to "come and watch" for himself. The MLAs were summoned to Grand Hyatt hotel in Mumbai at 7 pm.
Sharad Pawar-Ajit Pawar, Bal Thackeray-Raj Thackeray, Gopinath Munde-Dhananjay Munde. Troubled uncle-nephew relationships have rocked the boat of more than one party trying to steer its way through Maharashtra's troubled political waters with the crisis in the NCP only the latest in the series.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said he was not behind Ajit Pawar's decision to align with the BJP and become the deputy chief minister, and asserted that his party along with Congress and Shiv Sena will form the next government in Maharashtra. Addressing reporters in Karad town of neighbouring Satara district, the NCP chief reiterated that the decision of aligning with the BJP was that of his nephew Ajit Pawar and not of the NCP.
Amid ongoing post-election twists and turns in Maharashtra, Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Monday expressed confidence asserting that things were under control in the state and signalled victory of the 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' alliance comprising the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress during the floor test in the Assembly.
In the fourth such series of meetings, former Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal visited Ajit Pawar's home and tried to convince him to return to the NCP fold.
In his recent statements to media, Jyotiraditya Scindia hinted that things are not going well between him and the Congress party.
"Delegations of the three parties with their respective leaders, went to Raj Bhavan to register the claim to form the government in the future as the present government in the state is definitely going to fall,"
The 'Maha Vikas Aghadi', the post-poll alliance formed by the three parties, claimed it has the majority whereas the recently sworn-in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis "does not have the required numbers".
Senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi appearing for the BJP submitted that the Governor had gone with the party with the support of 170 MLAs. Rohtagi said that the others have never claimed that the MLAs' signatures were forged.
In a dramatic turn of events, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were sworn in as chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at 8 am on Saturday at a hush-hush ceremony in Raj Bhavan, leading to the lifting of the President's rule in the state.
Government formation in Maharashtra has come under the Supreme Court's scrutiny with the Centre being asked to produce before the court letters of the Governor inviting Fadnavis as well as the communication of the BJP leader staking his claim.
Commenting on Ajit Pawar, nephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, who joined hands with the BJP and took oath as Deputy Chief Minister on Saturday, Nawab Malik said, "He has made a mistake and he should resign."
The Congress had accused the BJP of poaching MLAs to form government in Karnataka earlier this year.
The BJP has done away with its principles and morality and decided to stoop low to retain power in Maharashtra. In the given situation, it is impossible for the BJP to prove majority in the state Assembly, the Sena said.
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