No threat to Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government: NCP leader Ajit Pawar

Mumbai: Soon after a Shiv Sena (UBT) delegation submitted a 79-page letter to Maharashtra’s deputy speaker seeking swift action in the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Eknath Shinde camp, NCP leader Ajit Pawar made it clear that action would not take place. . Actually topple the government.

He said, “Even if 16 MLAs are disqualified, the government…
Shinde and (Devendra) Fadnavis will not fall. Addressing a press conference here in Mumbai on Monday, he said, “There is no threat to the government.” 16 MLAs are disqualified.

Notably, a delegation of Shiv Sena (UBT) during its meeting with Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Jirwal and Assembly Secretary Jitendra Bhole sought swift action in the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Shinde camp following the recent Supreme Court verdict. handed over a letter.

Shiv Sena (UBT) whip Sunil Prabhu said that following the apex court’s order, the UBT Sena delegation submitted a letter to the Speaker, stating that the Speaker may decide on the disqualification of the 16 MLAs of the Shinde camp.

“Since the Speaker is yet to return from his foreign tour, we handed over the letter to his deputy,” Prabhu said.

The ruling alliance of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) currently has 145 MLAs, while the overall alliance has 162 MLAs, 17 more than the required number to form a government in Maharashtra.

The Supreme Court verdict has reignited the Shiv Sena crisis, with former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray calling for an early decision on the disqualification of 16 party MLAs.

The apex court also pulled up the then Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and said that he did not have reasons based on objective material to conclude that the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had lost the confidence of the House. The court said Thackeray would have been relieved if he had not resigned before facing the floor test.