Eknath Shinde responds to Shiv Sena's ultimatum, calls it 'unconstitutional'
This comes after Sena issued an ultimatum to all rebel MLAs and asked them to be present in the Legislative meeting today at 5 PM, or face expulsion.
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Mumbai, June 22: Calling out Shiv Sena, Minister Eknath Shinde responded to the 5 PM expulsion threat by Uddhav Thackeray-led party, calling it 'legally unconstitutional'. Issuing his first response on Twitter, Shinde called the letter issued by Shiv Sena's whip Sunil Prabhu 'invalid'.
MVA govt is running out of options with its numbers slipping below majority mark.
This comes after Sena issued an ultimatum to all rebel MLAs and asked them to be present in the Legislative meeting today at 5 PM, or face expulsion. "Shiv Sena MLA Shri Bharat Gogavale has been appointed as the Chief Representative of the Shiv Sena Legislature. The reason is that the orders issued by Mr. Sunil Prabhu regarding today's meeting of MLAs are legally invalid," his tweet read.
Sena has called an emergency Legislative Party meeting at Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's official residence 'Varsha' in Mumbai at 5 pm on Wednesday. Mentioning that the purpose of the meeting was to address the situation arising out of an attempt to destabilize the government, Sunil Prabhu mandated participation of all party MLAs failing which disqualification proceedings will be initiated against them.
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Notably, Shinde claimed to have the support of 46 MLAs including 6-7 Independents in Guwahati as opposed to less than 12 MLAs, lodged by the Shiv Sena at St Regis in Mumbai.
MVA govt is running out of options with its numbers slipping below majority mark.