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Maharashtra Floor Test: Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government will face trust vote today. 10 points

July 3, 2022
Bharat Times English News

Newly-elected Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar
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A bouquet was presented to the newly elected Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis after the special session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai.

Highlight

  • Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction)-BJP government is ready to face floor test today
  • Two-day special session of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly underway for floor test
  • BJP’s Rahul Narvekar elected president on the first day of the special session, the youngest ever in the country

Maharashtra Floor Test: The four-day Shiv Sena-BJP government will face a floor test on July 4 (today) during a two-day special session of the Assembly that began on Sunday. BJP’s Rahul Narvekar was elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the first day of the special session of the Legislative Assembly. Narvekar, who secured 164 votes, defeated Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi, who got 107 votes. The post of the president was vacant since February last year after Congress’s Nana Patole resigned. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that Narvekar (45) is the youngest Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the country. His father-in-law Ramraje Naik of the NCP is the chairman of the Legislative Council. A day after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as CM, the BJP-Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) government took over on Thursday after Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis took over as chief ministers and deputy chief ministers.

  1. Reacting to Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray’s statement that a “disappointed cannot be a Shiv Sena chief minister”, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had earlier said that he has the support of more than two-thirds of the Shiv Sena MLAs and hence he ( The rebels of Shiv Sena and BJP) will easily win the floor test.
  2. Thackeray had said that a person who sidesteps Shiv Sena cannot be called a ‘Shiv Sainik’ CM.
  3. Also, in a major setback for Uddhav Thackeray, Eknath Shinde was elected as the leader of the legislature party of Shiv Sena, while Bharat Gogwale was chosen as the chief whip.
  4. Shinde said, “We have enough support… we will easily win the floor test and even the speaker’s election. There is no doubt and nothing to worry about. The picture is very clear.”
  5. “We have sufficient numbers and we are working as Shiv Sena Legislature Party. We are committed to the development of Maharashtra. We are Shiv Sainiks of Balasaheb and we are taking forward his Hindutva agenda. All pending in Maharashtra The projects will be completed now,” he said.
  6. 50 MLAs supporting Shinde, including 39 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, took a chartered flight from Goa to Mumbai on Saturday evening. Shinde, who had left for Goa in the morning, came back with him.
  7. In the 288-member house, Shinde enjoys the support of 10 MLAs from smaller parties and independents and 106 from the BJP.
  8. The party’s position in the assembly is as follows: Shiv Sena 55, NCP 53, Congress 44, BJP 106, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi 3, Samajwadi Party 2, AIMIM 2, Prahar Janshakti Party 2, MNS 1, CPI(M) 1, PWP 1, Swabhimani Paksha 1, Rashtriya Samaj Paksh 1, Jansurajya Shakti Party 1, Krantikari Shetkari Party 1, and Independent 13.
  9. One post is vacant due to the death of Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke last month.
  10. Two NCP members – Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal – have tested COVID-19 positive, while two other party MLAs – Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik – are currently in jail.

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