Maharashtra Floor Test: Addressing a meeting of Sena district presidents at the Shiv Sena Bhawan, Uddhav Thackeray said it was an insult of the Constitution to run the Legislative Assembly in an arbitrary manner.
Maharashtra Floor Test: Eknath Shinde thanked Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis saying, "I thank him that he gave me a chance to work as a minister (in the last government)... and I could work on Samruddhi Mahamarg project."
Sharad Pawar pointed out that the failure of the Eknath Shinde government will lead to several rebel MLAs returning to their original party.
Eknath Shinde said that the BJP has 120 MLAs but despite that Devendra Fadnavis didn't take the post of CM. I express my gratitude to him.
Devendra Fadnavis's announcement defied expectations that he would return as chief minister with the support of the Shinde faction.
A vacation bench of Supreme Court Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala refused to interfere with the Governor's direction to the MVA government to prove its majority in the Assembly on June 30.
I had come (to power) in an unexpected manner and I am going out in a similar fashion, Uddhav Thackeray said as he announced his resignation as Maharashtra Chief Minister during Facebook LIVE address today.
The Supreme Court has also allowed jailed NCP leaders Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh to participate in the proceedings of the floor test.
The two MLAs have been booked for offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and are in jail.
In this Sena vs Sena battle, Eknath Shinde's camp had earlier asked Uddhav to leave this unnatural Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance and patch up with the BJP, however, no such move was made by the chief minister.
The faction - currently in a Guwahati hotel - erupted into joy and celebrations after the apex court ruling and also expressed gratitude to the Centre for providing security to the rebel MLAs and their families.
Addressing a presser, when asked if the opposition BJP had a role to play in the ongoing political crisis in the state, Ajit Pawar said, "So far, no top BJP leader has been seen in the forefront."
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde said that it is essential to get out of the unnatural front for the survival of the party and Shiv Sainiks.
Maharashtra political crisis LIVE: The political crisis in Maharashtra was set off by senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde following a disagreement with Uddhav Thackeray over an alliance with the NCP and Congress.
Speculations are in full swing a day after MLC elections in Maharashtra when Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and around 35 party MLAs suddenly decided to camp in Gujarat's Surat. The question here is whether the MVA government will survive this crisis or not.
As Sena struggled to quell the unrest, party MP Sanjay Raut claimed that contact has been established with Shinde, who he described as a “loyal Shiv Sainik of Balasaheb Thackeray”.
The Congress has been reaching out to other opposition parties for a common candidate for the presidential polls.
"If you see the votes polled by every candidate of NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress, they received the votes as per the quota. Only Praful Patel received one extra vote and I know from where it came. That was not MVA's vote, it was from the opposite side," Pawar told media.
Bombay HC said it didn't wish to set a wrong precedent by entertaining Nawab Malik's plea and permitted his counsel to amend the plea to seek appropriate relief.
Anil Deshmukh is currently in judicial custody in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). He is lodged in the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.
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