Maharashtra Politics / Shiv Sena went to cancel the membership of 12 rebels, Shinde said - don't scare us, we also know the law

Amidst the political crisis in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena has played a gamble to cancel the membership of the rebels. In this regard, Shiv Sena's newly elected 'Leader of Legislature Party' Ajay Chaudhary sent a list of 12 MLAs who did not attend the legislature party meeting to the Deputy Speaker. The letter has appealed for disqualification against these 12 rebel MLAs.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 24, 2022, 07:55 AM
MH: Amidst the political crisis in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena has played a gamble to cancel the membership of the rebels. In this regard, Shiv Sena's newly elected 'Leader of Legislature Party' Ajay Chaudhary sent a list of 12 MLAs who did not attend the legislature party meeting to the Deputy Speaker. The letter has appealed for disqualification against these 12 rebel MLAs.

Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant said, "We have filed a petition before the Deputy Speaker (Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha) and demanded that the membership of 12 MLAs should be canceled as they did not attend yesterday's meeting. Notice before the meeting." was issued in which it was said that if you do not attend the meeting then legal action will be taken under the Constitution. Some did not come and some gave unnecessary reasons."

Shiv Sena has sent 12 names including Eknath Shinde to the Deputy Speaker. These names are – Eknath Shinde, Prakash Surve, Tanaji Sawanto, Mahesh Shinde, Abdul Sattari, Sandeep Bhumre, Bharat Gogawale, Sanjay Shirsato, Yamini Yadav, Anil Babri, Balaji Devdas, Lata Chaudhary.

Now Eknath Shinde has hit back at Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray regarding this. Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde tweeted, "You can't scare us by naming 12 MLAs for disqualification as we are followers of Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray. We know the law, so we don't pay heed to threats." "We know your methods and laws also. As per Schedule 10 of the Constitution, the whip is used for the business of the assembly and not for the meetings," he said.

In addition, Shinde wrote to the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly regarding the reconfirmation of his appointment as the leader of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party and the appointment of Bharatshet Gogawale as the party's chief whip. The letter has the signatures of 37 Shiv Sena MLAs and a copy of the letter has been sent to Deputy Speaker Narhari Jirwal, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Legislative Council Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat. Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Thursday said a "national party" has termed his rebellion as historic and assured all possible help.

A video has been released by Shinde's office in Mumbai, in which he is addressing rebel Shiv Sena MLAs at a hotel in Guwahati. It can be seen in the video that the MLAs on their part are unanimously authorizing Shinde as the leader of the group to take further decisions.

In the video, Shinde is seen saying, "Our worries and happiness are the same. We are united and victory will be ours. There is one national party, one superpower... you know they defeated Pakistan. That party says that we have taken a historic decision and assured us of all possible help.” Shinde is currently camping in Guwahati along with 37 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and nine independents.