Mumbai : A major political development will take place in Maharashtra today where the Assembly Speaker will decide the fate of 16 rebel Sena MLAs who are facing the disqualification threat. Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar will give his verdict on disqualification under anti-defection law against 16 Shiv Sena MLAs including CM Eknath Shinde after the Supreme Court asked the Maharashtra speaker to decide on the issue in a time-bound manner. Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena has already reached the Supreme Court in the matter.
Ahead of the verdict, Speaker Narvekar had met CM Shinde which irked the Sena (UBT) faction as the party alleged match-fixing. Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday that his party has given an affidavit in the Supreme Court objecting to the meeting held between Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar before the decision on the disqualification petition. On December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court had extended the deadline for deciding on disqualification petitions from December 31 to January 10. The Speaker may announce the verdict around 4pm today.
Bureau Report
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