New Delhi: Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the Maharashtra Governor’s order for the state government to prove its majority on 30 June.
Appearing for the Shiv Sena, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi called the floor test “illegal”. The top court will hear the matter at 5 pm.
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked for a special session of the assembly on Thursday so that the state government could seek a trust vote to prove its majority — following a revolt within the party.
Meanwhile, rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde said his faction would be in Mumbai to “complete the formalities” in the assembly.
Rebel Sena MLA Gulabrao Patil said in Guwahati that the people were with them. “We will win the floor test tomorrow and form the government. There is no need to worry.”
It is also learnt the rebel MLAs will take a flight to Goa later Wednesday after a week’s stay in flood-ravaged Assam.
The MLAs, who camped in Guwahati since 22 June, have revolted against party head and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, accusing him of compromising the Sena’s ideology by going into an alliance with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party. The coalition — Maha Vikas Aghadi — has been in power since 2019.
Eknath Shinde has claimed he has enough MLA support to be called the real Shiv Sena. He also claimed none of his MLAs were in touch with the Thackeray faction.
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