Why is MVA govt scared despite majority in House: Devendra Fadnavis on Assembly Speaker’s election

Amid reports that the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA dispensation in Maharashtra was planning to change rules to adopt the method of open voting for the state Assembly Speakerrsquos election senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday asked why the state government was scared despite having majority in the HouseHe said the move showed that the MVA allies not only trust one another but also their own legislatorsFadnavis also reiterated that the threeparty MVA dispensation will collapse under its own weight and asserted that once that happens his party would provide an alternative government in the stateAlso Read Maharashtra Congress leaders meet Governor submit memorandum highlighting Centres antipeople policiesThe Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly was speaking to reporters at the Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini near here The Assembly speakers post has been lying vacant since February after Nana Patole resigned to take charge as the state Congress president As per tradition the speaker is elected unopposed When asked about the state government considering changing rules for holding the speakers election Fadnavis said ldquoIf you have majority why are you scared and why are you changing rules Why do you want elections through show of hands open voting This means that the MVA allies dont trust each other and also their own legislatorsrdquo ldquoAny meeting for change of the legislative rules has to be convened by the speaker Deputy speaker doesnt have the authority Without the speaker such a meeting is not validrdquo he added Meanwhile sources said that change in rules for holding the speakers election is under consideration of the government A preliminary meeting took place recently but nothing has been finalised yet they said Fadnavis said ldquoWhen the issue comes before us we will take a standThe former chief minister said when Congressrsquos state unit chief Nana Patole speaks of going alone in the next Assembly polls NCP president Sharad Pawar counters him and Congress leaders who meet Pawar dont take Patole along which shows what is happening among the ruling alliesWe are playing the role of a strong opposition I have been saying from day one that this government will collapse under its own weight I did not give any timeframe When it collapses we will give an alternative government he saidHis statement comes a day after Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil said the MVA allies will fight among themselves but they will not let the threeparty government fallThe MVA an unlikely coalition of the Shiv Sena and its onetime opponents the NCP and the Congress came to power in November 2019 In the past the opposition BJP has raised questions over the stability of the Shiv Senaled government with Fadnavis and other leaders saying the coalition will collapse under the weight of its internal contradictions However MVA allies have repeatedly asserted that the Uddhav Thackeray government is stable and will complete its full fiveyear term which ends in 2024Fadnavis also said that senior NCP leader and minister Chhagan Bhujbal met him to discuss about preparing the empirical data of the Other Backward Classes OBC to restore the political reservations to the community in local bodies that was struck down by the Supreme Court ldquoDuring our government we prepared the empirical data of Marathas which was upheld by the Supreme Court he saidThis 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