Guwahati, June 29: Shiv Sena rebel camp leader Eknath Shinde has claimed that they have more than 2/3rd majority and was confident in being able to win the floor test scheduled to take place on June 30 in Mumbai.
"We have 50 people with us. We are in majority. We have more than 2/3rd majority and that’s why we are not worried about any floor test. We will pass in whatever process is there," Shinde said.
"Nobody can stop us because in a democracy numbers and majority are given importance. Nobody can go beyond the law and the Constitution in our country. This is the Shiv Sena of Balasaheb Thackeray. For the people of Maharashtra, for their prosperity and development, we are taking Balasaheb’s Hindutva ahead," Eknath Shinde said.
"We have the support of a minimum of 173 votes. We will take forward the legacy of Balasaheb Thackeray and will move forward with the Hindutva ideology," he said.
This development comes following the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis meeting Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday, asking him to convene a floor test.
The former CM submitted a letter to Koshyari, urging him to ask Uddhav Thackeray government to prove its majority in the 288-member Assembly.
Fadnavis claimed that the MVA coalition seemed to be in the minority as a majority of the Sena MLAs are "on the verge of ending the alliance". Soon after, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari ordered a floor test to be conducted on June 30.