Uddhav Thackeray has written to the secretariat of Maharashtra Legislature seeking appointment of party's group leader Eknath Shinde as the leader of opposition
Ending the days of high-drama, often one-sided, the Shiv Sena on Monday staked claim for the seat of Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Maharashtra Assembly. Either the Shiv Sena leadership is using this as part of its 'pressure' tactics on chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or may have simply gave in to 'unbearable' humiliation and endless waitings.
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has written to secretariat of the state legislature seeking appointment of party's group leader Eknath Shinde as the LoP, say reports.
Earlier, members of legislative assembly (MLAs) from Shiv Sena elected Eknath Shinde, a loyalist of party chief Uddhav Thackeray as its leader in the house. Shinde, who won from Thane for the second time, would become the LoP, unless there is any (?) last minute deal between BJP and Shiv Sena.
Separately, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar reiterated that the party’s offer to support the BJP government in Maharashtra must be seen as an endeavour to have a stable government in the State. Asked if he has sent a letter of support to the governor, he said, “why should we give anything in writing. We know how to act in the floor of the house.”
NCP abstaining from a vote will bring down the effective size of the house to 247, bringing the BJP within sniffing distance of comfortably winning the trust vote in the 288 member Assembly.
BJP has 121 MLAs in the 288-member House and the 41-member NCP has assured its outside support to the new government. Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray, has 63 MLAs.
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