Guwahati: The Assembly Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat announced that the extraordinary session of the Maharashtra Assembly that was to be held on Thursday (June 30) in accordance with the Governor’s order would not be held.
The lone item on the extraordinary assembly’s agenda for today is a Trust Vote against the Maha Vikas Aghadi administration headed by Uddhav Thackeray, who resigned as chief minister on Wednesday night.
According to a circular sent to all state MLAs by Rajendra Bhagwat, principal secretary of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly there is no longer a need for a floor test, hence today’s special session will not be called, reported ANI.
The Shiv Sena appealed the Floor Test that Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari called to the Supreme Court. The article stated that the supreme court declined to delay the Floor Test and stated that the only way to resolve these democratic issues was on the House floor.
Thackeray addressed the state’s citizens via social media shortly after the top court’s ruling and announced his decision to resign as chief minister and a member of the Legislative Council.
The statement put an end to the state’s lengthy political crisis, which began when a faction of Shiv Sena MLAs rebelled against him for forming the government with the NCP and Congress.
The BJP, which has 106 MLAs and is the largest party in the Maharashtra Assembly is expected to make claim to form the state’s next government since the stage is currently set for its return.
Devendra Fadnavis, who now serves as the Leader of the Opposition, plans to run for Chief Minister a third time. The party’s top brass was met twice in a week by Fadnavis in Delhi, and he stated that the next step would be revealed today.
The rebel Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, who had been camped in Surat, then Guwahati and and finally Goa on Wednesday night, are expected to attend a series of meetings held by the BJP to discuss the formation of a government in the state.
The Shinde group would support the BJP with its 39 Shiv Sena MLAs and other independents as it approaches the Governor to make its claim to form the government.