Our govt with BJP formed legally, says Maharashtra CM Shinde; Raut asserts Thackeray faction is 'real' Sena

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who heads a faction of the Shiv Sena on Friday said his party believes in judiciary and expects that the Supreme Court will give its verdict in the case related to the June 2022 Maharashtra political crisis based on meritSanjay Raut a leader of Shiv Sena UBT however asserted that the party led by Uddhav Thackeray is the real Shiv Sena and truth will prevail when the apex court hears the case on February 21The Supreme Court on Friday refused to refer pleas related to the June 2022 Maharashtra political crisis triggered by the Shiv Senas division to a sevenjudge bench for reconsideration of the 2016 Nabam Rebia judgement The 2016 judgment deals with powers of assembly speakers to decide on disqualification pleasA fivejudge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said whether the 2016 Nabam Rebia judgement requires reference or not will be considered with the merits of the case on February 21Reacting to the development CM Shinde said We trust the judiciary We expect a verdict based on merit We are a majority government formed legallyThe opposition wanted a larger bench to prolong the case hearing he allegedAlso Read Maharashtra political crisis SC refuses to refer pleas to larger bench for reconsideration of 2016 Nabam Rebia orderIn a democracy the majority has a say and our government was formed on that basis We are working for the welfare of people he saidTalking to PTI Raut said his party believes that truth will prevail and justice will be delivered by the apex courtGovernments and political parties cannot be destabilised through use of power and money We want a clean political system he saidRahul Shewale Shinde factions group leader in Lok Sabha told reporters that the legal stand of the Thackerayled Sena was weakThey wanted to prolong the case But their stand is weak he saidShiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray does not believe in democratic principles and doesnt trust judiciary he alleged and added They did all they can to prolong the case in the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of IndiaSanjay Shirsat an MLA from the Shindeled faction welcomed the Supreme Courts refusal to refer pleas seeking a review of its 2016 verdict on speakers disqualification powers to a sevenjudge benchIt is expected that the final verdict will be given soon he saidIn 2016 a fivejudge Constitution bench while deciding the Nabam Rebia case of Arunachal Pradesh had held that the assembly speaker cannot proceed with a plea for disqualification of MLAs if a prior notice seeking removal of the speaker is pending before the HouseThe judgement had come to the rescue of the rebel MLAs led by Shinde The Thackeray faction had sought their disqualification even while a notice of the Shinde group for the removal of Maharashtra Assembly Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal a Thackeray loyalist was pending before the HouseThe rebellion led by Shinde in June last year had led to a division in the Shiv Sena The then Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government led by Uddhav Thackeray collapsed on June 29 and Shinde became the chief minister the next day with senior Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis taking oath as his deputyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever