Mumbai: Newly sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MAV) government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance is all set to face a floor test in the Assembly on Saturday at 2 pm.
Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Dilip Walse Patil will be the Pro-Tem Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and will preside over a special session of the house called on Saturday, officials informed on Friday.
A two-day sitting of the Assembly will begin Saturday. The trust vote will be taken up on day one, preceded by the introduction of the new ministers in the House. On Sunday, the Assembly Speaker’s election will be held, followed by tabling of motion of thanks on the governor’s address in the House.
Congress issues three line whip to its MLAs directing them to remain present in the Assembly ahead of floor test, today.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray pays tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the state Assembly premises ahead of the floor test of #MahaVikasAghadi government today.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule arrives at Maharashtra Assembly ahead of floor test of ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ government today.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis arrives at state Assembly ahead of floor test of ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ government today.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray arrives at Vidhan Bhawan. He garlands Chhatrapati Shivaji’s statue after reaching to Vidhan Bhawan.
Congress MLA Nana Patole who is the Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate for the state Assembly Speaker post files his nomination.
The NCP issues a whip ordering its legislators to vote in Uddhav Thackeray’s support during the floor test today.
Visuals: People cast their votes at a polling booth in Jharkhand’s Chatra; voting underway
Senior NCP leaders Jayant Patil, Ajit Pawar, and Praful Patel seen in assembly ahead of confidence vote later today.
On Dilip Walse Patil replacing BJP leader Kalidas Kolambkar as the Pro-Tem speaker, BJP state chief Chandrakant Patil says, “They (MahaVikasAghadi) changed Protem speaker from Kalidas Kolambkar to Dilip Walse Patil, this is legally wrong, the oath was also not taken as per rules, the new Govt is violating all rules. We are filing a petition with Governor, and might also approach SC.”
Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat has declared party leader Nana Patole as the Congress candidate for Speaker elections.
Meanwhile, BJP’s Chandrakant Patil said Kisan Kathore will be the party’s candidate for Assembly Speaker’s election.
NCP leader Ajit Pawar met on Saturday BJP MP Prataprao Chikhalikar. Following his meeting, he said, “It was a courtesy meet.”
“Even if we are from different parties, we all have relations with each other. There was no discussion on floor test. As Sanjay Raut said, our alliance will prove our numbers today in the house,” Pawar said.
Governor BS Koshyari has asked Uddhav Thackeray to prove his majority by December 3. The ruling alliance has claimed it has the majority with a total of 170 seats in a House of 288.
CM Uddhav Thackeray’s government has convened a two-day special session of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly starting on Saturday, where Maha Vikas Aghadi will face a floor test to prove their majority in the House.
Uddhav Thackeray took oath as Chief Minister on Thursday evening, ending a month of political stalemate in Maharashtra.
Besides Thackeray, six other ministers — two each from the Sena, the Congress, and the NCP – also took the oath. Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will be declared the leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MAV) government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance will face a floor test in the Assembly on Saturday. NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil, whose name was recommended to the governor by Uddhav Thackeray, will be the pro-tem Speaker.