Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar pronounces verdict on Shiv Sena MLAs’ disqualification petitions.

Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar pronounces verdict on Shiv Sena MLAs’ disqualification petitions.

In a fresh twist to the Sena vs Sena faction, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday ruled that the Eknath Shinde-led group is the real Shiv Sena in the Assembly and its MLAs cannot be disqualified.

This verdict dealt a severe blow to the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction. Former chief minister Uddhav

Narwekar added that Uddhav Thackeray had no power to remove Eknath Shinde following a mutiny in the Shiv Sena ranks,

In 2022, the Shiv Sena suffered a split in 2022 following a group of MLAs joining hands with the BJP to revolt against the party leadership.

The move had led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government with both factions filing disqualification petitions against each other.

Narwekar added that Shiv Sena constitution provides that the national executive is the highest body. Thackeray faction’s claim that the will of the paksh pramukh is the will of the party cannot be accepted.

He asserted that the constitution reveals that the paksha pramukh has no absolute power and they have to be exercised in consultation with the national executive.

Narwekar also opened up that the UBT faction did not submit any material to prove that the national executive meeting was held to decide which faction was the real party following the split.

Shinde faction was the real Shiv Sena political party when rival factions emerged on 21st June 2022.

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