Maharashtra Assembly special session adjourned till December 8; 173 MLAs took oath today

The Maharashtra Assembly special session which began on Saturday has been adjouned till December 8 and a total of 173 newly elected MLAs took oath of office Dec 7 before the assembly was adjourned for the day the ANI reportedThe Akhilesh Yadavled Samajwadi Party SP MLAs Abu Azmi and Raees Sheikh took their oath of office today despite objections from the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA allianceMeanwhile the remaining 115 MLAs mainly part of the opposition are yet to take their oathsThis comes in response following Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackerays announcement that the partys elected MLAs will not take the oath of office on Saturday during the Maharashtra Legislative Assemblys ongoing special session ANI reportedThackeray questioned the legitimacy of Electronic Voting Machines EVMsToday we have decided that our Shiv Sena UBT winning MLAs will not take the oath If this was the mandate of the people people would have been happy and celebrated it However there was no such celebration or enthusiasm from the public We have doubts about EVM Aaditya Thackeray said ANI citedShiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray along with party workers paid homage to Shivaji Maharaj at the Vidhan Bhavan complexMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar responded to Shiv Sena UBT Aaditya Thackerays allegations about the legitimacy of Electronic Voting Machines EVMs saying that if the opposition has problems it should appeach the Election Commission or the courtsThere is no point in making such allegations here They the opposition should go to the Election Commission and if they do not get justice there they should approach the court said the newly swornin MLA Ajit Pawar ANI citedMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Saturday ANI reportedOn the first day of the Maharashtra Assembly special session CM Fadnavis DCMs Shinde and Pawar earlier this morning paid tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the Vidhan Bhavan complex in MumbaiAs per ANI Senior BJP MLA Kalidas Sulochana Kolambkar was sworn in as the Assemblys protem Speaker by Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan on Friday one day before the threeday special session beginsDevendra Fadnavis took aoth as Maharashtra Chief Minister for the third time in an event held in Mumbais Azad Maidan on Thursday attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi other alliance leaders and celebrities from various fields Deputy Chief Ministers Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde also took oaths on the occasionThe Maharashtra Elections 2024 saw a landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPled Mahayuti alliance winning with 230 seats The results marked a significant milestone for the BJP which rose as the singlelargest party with 132 seatsThe Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party secured with 57 and 41 seats respectivelyThe Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA suffered a loss with Congress winning just 16 seats Its alliance partner Shiv Sena UBT won 20 seats while the NCP Sharad Pawar faction secured only 10 seats ANI reportedWith Inputs from ANI