Maharashtra: Shinde camp MLA's breach of privilege motion notice against Raut

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde camp Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat on Tuesday proposed a breach of privilege motion against Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut to Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar Shirsat said Raut has been putting pressure on Legislative Assembly Speaker and calling the government unconstitutionalShiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray UBT leader Sanjay Raut said that the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra is illegal and formed against the Constitution Supreme Court has said that the Shiv Sena Shinde groups Whip is illegalThe current government is illegal and formed against the Constitution he said on ThursdayMaharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Tuesday said that he will decide on the disqualification of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs of Chief Minister Eknath Shindes camp on the basis of law and no decision will be taken under pressure I welcome the decision of the Supreme Court which has given special powers to the Assembly Speaker while giving its verdict in the case of disqualification of 16 MLAs of Maharashtra government Narwekar saidHe further said As far as decisionmaking is concerned I will take this decision as soon as possible But I will not be in a hurry to take this decision if I take any decision in haste then it will not be correct Narwekar said that he would not take a decision under anyones pressureAlso Read Mumbai CM Eknath Shinde steps in to halt lsquodadagirirsquo of housing society committeeI will take as much time as it takes to take a decision I will not take a decision under anyones pressure I will take a decision according to the law It took more than 10 months for the court to take a decision he said Rahul Narwekar informed that he has not received any application from the Uddhav Thackeray group He said that there will be no discrimination while taking the decision on the disqualification of the 16 MLAs Earlier on Tuesday the Speaker held a meeting with the officials of Maharashtra Vidhan BhavanNarwekar said that five petitions have been filed We will make 54 MLAs a party and get them heard Which political party was there in July 2022it has to be seen who was representing the authorized party he said Last week the Supreme Court held that former Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was not justified to call for a floor test based on the request of Eknath Shinde faction since he did not have enough objective material before him to conclude that the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had lost the confidence of the HouseA fivejudge Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices MR Shah Justice Krishna Murari Justice Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha said it could not disqualify the Eknath Shindeled Maharashtra government and reinstate Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minster because the latter had chosen to resign instead of facing a test of strength in the AssemblyThe court said the political imbroglio in Maharashtra arose as a result of party differences within the Shiv Sena The judgement of the apex court came on a batch of petitions filed by rival groups of the Shiv Sena in relation to the Maharashtra political crisis The Whip has to be appointed by a political party the top court saidThe apex court held that the Speakers decision to appoint Bharat Gogawale Eknath Shinde as the whip of the Shiv Sena party was illegal The political party and not the legislature party appoints the Whip and the Leader of the party in the House Further the direction to vote in a particular manner or to abstain from voting is issued by the political party and not the legislature partyThe decision of the Speaker as communicated by the Deputy Secretary to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly dated July 3 2022 is contrary to law The Speaker shall recognise the Whip and the Leader who are duly authorised by the Shiv Sena political party with reference to the provisions of the party constitution after conducting an enquiry in this regard and in keeping with the principles discussed in this judgement it heldThe apex court further said that the Speaker must decide on disqualification petitions within a reasonable time It also said that MLA has the right to participate in the proceedings of the House regardless of the pendency of any petitions for their disqualification In August last year the top courts threejudge bench had referred to a fivejudge Constitution bench the issues involved in the petition filed by rival groups of Shiv Sena in relation to the Maharashtra political crisisOn June 29 2022 the top court gave a goahead to the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on June 30 It had refused to stay the Maharashtra Governors direction to the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove his majority support on the floor of the House on June 30 After the apex courts order Uddhav Thackeray announced his resignation as the Chief Minister and Eknath Shinde was later sworn in as the Chief MinisterThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies 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