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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday received the primary spherical of his combat in opposition to the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena within the state Meeting when his govt controlled to get the ruling coalition’s candidate elected as Speaker.
The federal government is scheduled to take its self assurance vote on Monday. BJP’s candidate Rahul Narwekar received by means of 57 votes in opposition to Maha Vikas Aghadi’s joint candidate Rajan Salvi.
Narvekar used to be supported by means of the Shinde staff. He were given 167 votes in opposition to Salvi’s 107. SP and MIM participants abstained. But even so, seven NCP MLAs have been absent, together with Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh, who’re in prison. Two participants each and every from BJP and Congress failed to turn up.
Thackeray’s Sena requested appearing speaker Narhari Zirwal to tackle document that 39 Sena MLAs within the Shinde camp cross-voted in opposition to the birthday celebration whip. Parallelly, the Shinde camp placed on document that 16 Sena MLAs crossed-voted. Deepak Kesarkar, spokesperson of the Shinde camp, stated its leader whip Bharat Gogawale had requested all Sena MLAs to vote Narwekar, who has change into the youngest Speaker of Maharashtra.
Constitutional mavens stated since each camps have complained in opposition to cross-voting, the Speaker will listen the topic and provides his verdict. “Best after that may they may be able to method a court docket in opposition to the Speaker’s resolution, if important,”
In the meantime, Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant on Sunday puzzled whether or not the correct Constitutional process used to be adopted to elect the brand new Speaker of the Maharashtra Meeting and stated questions are raised referring to how the Shiv Sena rebellion faction is making an attempt to suitable the unique birthday celebration.
Rahul Narvekar of the BJP used to be on Sunday elected Speaker at the first day of its particular consultation with MLAs from the Eknath Shinde faction additionally balloting in his favour.
Narvekar, who polled 164 votes, defeated Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi, who were given 107 votes.
“The dispute between the 39 rebellion MLAs of Shiv Sena and 16 legislators who stayed with the unique birthday celebration might be resolved simplest within the Best Courtroom. There are a number of questions of legitimacy the way in which the Eknath Shinde govt got here to energy (in alliance with BJP) and performed the Speaker’s election. Did all the process happen inside the framework of the Charter?” Sawant, additionally leader spokesperson of Shiv Sena, puzzled.
He stated the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had even issued a whip (asking the entire MLAs to vote in favour of Salvi) however the rebellion MLAs didn’t budge.
“We have now complained in opposition to them to the Speaker,” he stated.
Commenting on Shinde-led Sena MLAs’ stand, Sawant stated, “This can be the primary such case during which the rebels are calling their faction as the unique birthday celebration.”
Shiv Sena factions led by means of Maharashtra Leader Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray, who heads the birthday celebration, had issued separate whips to the birthday celebration legislators to vote in favour in their respective applicants all over the state Meeting Speaker’s election.
(With PTI Inputs)