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Earlier in the day, the Uddhav faction of the Shiv Sena had moved the Supreme Court challenging Maharashtra legislative assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s order declaring the Sena bloc led by CM Shinde as the “real political party” after its split in June 2022.
The speaker had also rejected the Thackeray faction’s plea to disqualify 16 MLAs of the ruling camp, including Shinde.
In his ruling on the disqualification petitions on January 10, the speaker also refused to disqualify MLAs in the Uddhav camp.
The ruling further cemented Shinde’s position as the CM, 18 months after he led a rebellion against Thackeray, and added to his political heft in the ruling coalition, which also consists of the BJP and the NCP (Ajit Pawar group), ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in summer and state assembly elections due in the second half of 2024.
(With inputs from agencies)Watch Maharashtra’s Sena vs Sena crisis: CM Eknath Shinde wins big after speaker Rahul Narwekar’s verdict
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