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Maharashtra Political Crisis: In a major setback to Uddhav Thackeray and his team, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that current Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde will get to keep his job, even though Maharashtra Governor did not act in accordance with law. The apex court held that the Maharashtra Speaker's decision to appoint Bharatshet Gogawale, who was backed by the Shinde faction, as the Whip of the Shiv Sena party was illegal, Live Law reported on Thursday. The five-judge Constitution Bench, comprising CJI Chandrachud and Justices M R Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli, and P S Narasimha, on Thursday said: 1. The governor had no objective material in calling for a floor test. "If the Speaker and the government circumvent the no-confidence motion, the Governor will be justified in calling for a floor test without the aid and advise of the council of ministers...The assembly was not in session when the Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis wrote to the Government. The opposition parties did not issue any no-confidence motion. The Governor had no objective material to doubt the confidence of the Govt," he said. 2. A floor test cannot be used as a medium to resolve inter-party disputes or intra-party disputes, the bench said. "Even if it is assumed that the MLAs wanted to exit the govt, they constituted only a faction There is a marked difference between the party not supporting the government and the individuals not supporting it. Neither the Constitution nor the law empower...

• • • • Make or break for CM Eknath Shinde, as Maharashtra eagerly awaits SC verdict on disqualification plea against 16 Shiv Sena MLAs Make or break for CM Eknath Shinde, as Maharashtra eagerly awaits SC verdict on disqualification plea against 16 Shiv Sena MLAs While the Shinde faction has started showing signs of nervous excitement, its alliance partner BJP has kept its fingers crossed. With the Supreme Court verdict on the disqualification plea of 16 MLAs belonging to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena expected in the next few days, Maharashtra politics is poised for plenty of twists and turns. While the Shinde faction has started showing signs of nervous excitement, its alliance partner BJP has kept its fingers crossed. The Opposition Congress, NCP, and the Shiv Sena (UBT) are equally awaiting the big decision, which they believe will determine the next course of political action in the western state. Broadly, two probabilities are being discussed in the corridors of power and the legislative secretariat of Maharashtra. The first possibility is that the MLAs are not disqualified. Instead, the Supreme Court refers the matter back to the Speaker of the state legislative assembly. This will help the Shinde-Fadnavis government to retain the status quo. The second probability is the Court disqualifying the 16 MLAs including Shinde. In such a situation, Shinde will have to immediately resign. Thus, setting in motion the entire process of new government formation wit...

In what has signalled a rift between the Shiv Sena and BJP, the Eknath Shinde-led party has come out with full-page newspaper advertisements claiming that people wish to see him as the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra over BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. The ad reads how Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shinde have secured the highest position for Maharashtra through recent welfare projects. The ad is headlined - “Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra” and goes on to add that it is “The Dream Team Loved by All”. The ad has a photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shinde smiling at each other while the latter is showing something on his mobile phone. The ad does not have a photo of Fadnavis, who is the BJP’s troubleshooter in Maharashtra and the current Deputy Chief Minister. Read | The advertisement states that according to election surveys, 30.2 per cent of citizens of Maharashtra prefer BJP while 16.2 per cent of people prefer Shiv Sena led by Shinde. “These numbers show that a total of 46.4 per cent people of Maharashtra trust the BJP and Shinde-led Shiv Sena alliance for development of the state,” it said. However, what stunned Maharashtra’s political circles is the claim - “Moreover, as per the surveys done for the Chief Minister’s position, 26.1 per cent people of Maharashtra desire Eknath Shinde and 23.2 per cent of the people wish to see Devendra Fadnavis as the next Chief Minister.” The survey, according to the ad, is an “undeniable proof” that 49.3 per cent of the...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday ordered police officers to investigate threats received by Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP president Sharad Pawar meets Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai on June 1. (PTI/Twitter/@mieknathshinde) “I am Pawar’s daughter and NCP MP Sule also alleged that an atmosphere of hatred was being spread. “There can be differences but so much hatred is being spread. What Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut’s brother Sunil said they also received three-four threat calls on Thursday between 4pm and 4.15pm. “He threatened to kill me and MP Sanjay Raut. He said that in a month we will shoot you and send you to the graveyard. Stop the morning press conferences, otherwise, we will kill both of you,” said Sunil Raut. “We have informed Mumbai Police Commissioner and state Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis about the threat calls,” he added. In a post on Twitter on Friday, chief minister Shinde only referred to the threats received by Sharad Pawar and promised action. “I personally spoke with senior police officers and instructed them to investigate the matter… Pawar is a senior leader and all of us respect him. If necessary, his security will be enhanced,” the chief minister said. Shinde also alleged that some people have been deliberately trying to vitiate the atmosphere in Maharashtra. “Some people are disturbed since the Supreme Court delivered its verdict (on the split in Shiv Sena). Since then, attempts are being made to...

• • • Ad-vantage Eknath Shinde over Devendra Fadnavis? A mystery survey has Maharashtra alliance in tizzy Ad-vantage Eknath Shinde over Devendra Fadnavis? A mystery survey has Maharashtra alliance in tizzy Shinde Sena distances itself from newspaper ad citing survey showing that CM is more popular than his Deputy, but it is set to feed into seat-sharing tensions between the allies AT A TIME when the two wary ruling allies in Maharashtra are gearing up for seat-sharing talks, full-page advertisements appeared across all newspapers in the state Tuesday, citing a survey that puts Shinde Sena leader Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ahead of BJP Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis in popularity. The advertisement with the slogan “Modi For India, Shinde For Maharashtra. The dream team is loved by all” quoted a survey stating that Eknath Shinde is the most preferred CM, with 26% of people backing him, followed by Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, who was supported by 23.2%. With seat-sharing tensions rife within the alliance, and the Opposition making hay over the advertisement, Fadnavis cancelled a visit to Kolhapur for an event he was to attend with Shinde on Tuesday evening. Must Read | By evening, the Shinde Sena had distanced itself from the advertisement. Party leader and minister Shambhuraj Desai said: “The Shinde though didn’t really disown the advertisement completely. Speaking at the Kolhapur event, he said: “Since the people of the state can witness the development (under our governmen...

Amid growing tensions within Maharashtra’s ruling parties, the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Deputy CM and State BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on June 13 cancelled his visit to Kolhapur district citing ‘medical reasons’. Friction arose between the ‘Mahayuti’ (translated ‘grand alliance’) partners after a newspaper advertisement placed by the Shinde-led Sena cited a survey which claimed Mr. Shinde was more preferred as the State’s CM than Mr. Fadnavis. Leaders from the Shinde camp scrambled to downplay any differences between their party and the BJP over the survey while the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) pooh-poohed the government’s survey, saying it was “laughable” that the Shinde camp had deployed an agency to conduct a survey obviously favourable to them. “There are no differences between the BJP and the Shiv Sena. Mr. Fadnavis has cancelled his visit owing to medical reasons. We were all present at the state cabinet meeting today where we discussed government schemes and how they can benefit more people,” said Deepak Kesarkar, who is spokesman for the Shinde camp and Guardian Minister of Kolhapur. At the same time, Mr. Kesarkar said that if there had been a mistake while given the advertisement, “it could be corrected.” The full-page advertisement with the flaming headline “Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra” featured a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi chatting amicably with Mr. Shinde. There were no p...