Mumbai: The Structure Bench of the Supreme Courtroom is Thursday anticipated to ship its judgment on the Maharashtra political disaster.
Again in March of this yr, the apex court docket had reserved its verdict on a sequence of cross-petitions submitted by the factions of Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde. These petitions pertained to the disaster that had taken place within the state final yr, following a break up inside the Shiv Sena celebration, on account of which Shinde had change into the chief minister and fashioned a authorities with the BJP in June of 2022.
Among the many petitions submitted, one seeks the disqualification of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs — from Shinde’s faction — who had initially rebelled in opposition to Thackeray’s management.
The insurgent group led by Shinde had, in flip, issued a discover in opposition to the Maharashtra Meeting Deputy Speaker, Narhari Zirwal, which acknowledged that any motion taken in opposition to the dissident Sena MLAs below the Structure’s tenth Schedule (which offers with disqualification on the grounds of defection) couldn’t be pursued since a discover for Zirwal’s removing was already pending.
At current, the composition of the home is as follows: the BJP holds 105 MLAs and has the assist of seven independents. The Shiv Sena has 40 MLAs and the backing of 10 independents, in addition to 1 MNS MLA. This involves a complete of 163 seats for the federal government, which is effectively over the midway mark of 145.
The opposition camp has 53 NCP MLAs, 45 Congress MLAs, 16 Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MLAs, 2 from Samajwadi Occasion (SP), and a couple of from All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
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The checklist
Of the 16 MLAs going through disqualification, one is Chief Minister Shinde himself. A four-time MLA from Kopri-Pachpakhadi within the Thane constituency, Shinde has beforehand additionally served because the guardian minister for Thane below each the BJP-Shiv Sena authorities and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities. He led the rebel of 39 MLAs and presently holds essential portfolios comparable to city growth, transport, and setting.
A take a look at the opposite MLAs going through disqualification:
Abdul Sattar
A 3-time MLA from Sillod, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, he presently serves as a cupboard minister for agriculture within the state authorities. In 2019, he had defected from Congress to affix the Shiv Sena.
Sandipan Bhumre
The five-time MLA from Paithan in Marathwada presently serves as a cupboard minister for the employment assure scheme and horticulture.
Sanjay Shirsat
He has been elected as an MLA thrice from the Sambhajinagar West constituency and has been a member of the Shiv Sena all through his political profession.
Tanaji Sawant
Cupboard minister for public well being and household welfare, Sawant is a first-time MLA from Dharashiv constituency and had left the NCP to affix the Shiv Sena. He has beforehand served on Vidhan parishad for 3 phrases.
Yamini Jadhav
She is a primary time MLA from Byculla, Mumbai. Her husband Yashwant Jadhav was the chief of the home for Shiv Sena within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC).
Chimanrao Patil
He’s a two-time MLA from Erandol, Jalgaon, and has been related to Shiv Sena from the start.
Bharat Gogawale
Presently serving because the chief whip for the Shiv Sena, he’s a three-time MLA from Mahad and holds significance within the Konkan space.
Lata Sonawane
She is a first-time MLA from Chopda, Jalgaon constituency.
Prakash Surve
He’s a two-time MLA from Magathane, Mumbai, and had switched from the NCP to Shiv Sena.
Balaji Kinikar
A 3-time MLA from Ambernath, Thane — Shinde’s bastion — Kinikar wants MLAs on his aspect for his maintain on the area.
Anil Babar
He’s a four-time MLA from Khanapur, however has switched events a number of occasions up to now — from the Congress to NCP to Shiv Sena.
Mahesh Shinde
The one-time MLA from Koregaon constituency, Mahesh moved from the BJP to Shiv Sena. His margin of victory, at over 6,000, was much less in comparison with others.
Sanjay Raimulkar
A 3-time MLA from Buldhana.
Ramesh Bornare
A one-time MLA from Vaijapur.
Balaji Kalyankar
A primary-time MLA from Nanded North.
(Edited by Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri)
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