Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday mentioned Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has recognised Rahul Shewale because the Shiv Sena chief within the Decrease Home of Parliament. Chatting with reporters right here, Shinde mentioned Shiv Sena MPs have supported his stand to uphold the beliefs of social gathering founder Balasaheb Thackeray.
“Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has recognised Rahul Shewale because the Shiv Sena chief within the Decrease Home,” he mentioned. Shinde was flanked by 12 Shiv Sena Lok Sabha members who had written to Speaker Om Birla to vary the chief of the parliamentary social gathering.
Rahul Shewale, the brand new chief of the social gathering within the Lok Sabha, mentioned, “Uddhav Thackeray was eager on realigning with the BJP, however went again on his phrase.” “We had additionally requested Thackeray to not assist Margaret Alva for the VP’s put up, however our views had been ignored,” he added. The Shiv Sena has 19 MPs within the Lok Sabha of whom 12 are lending their assist to the Shinde camp.
Twelve Lok Sabha members of the Shiv Sena, together with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s son Shrikant Shinde, earlier met Speaker Om Birla and requested him to vary the social gathering’s ground chief within the Decrease Home of Parliament. The insurgent Shiv Sena MPs met Birla a day after the social gathering’s ground chief, Vinayak Raut, gave a letter to the speaker, asking him to not entertain any illustration from the rival faction.
“Twelve Lok Sabha members of the Shiv Sena met Speaker Om Birla and requested him to nominate Rahul Shewale rather than Vinayak Raut because the social gathering’s ground chief,” Hemant Godse, one of many 12 MPs of the Shinde faction who met Birla, mentioned. Raut, in his letter submitted to the speaker on Monday night time, had made it clear that he was the “duly appointed” chief of the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Social gathering and Rajan Vichare was the chief whip.
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