Shiv Sena seeks disqualification of 12 rebel Lok Sabha MPs of Eknath Shinde faction
"I have sought disqualification of 12 Shiv Sena rebel Lok Sabha members," Raut, the leader of the Shiv Sena, said after meeting the Speaker.
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Mumbai, July 29: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut met with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and sought the disqualification of 12 rebel members of the Eknath Shinde faction in the lower house of the Parliament.
Sanjay Raut was appointed as the leader in the Rajya Sabha as well as the leader of the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party comprising members in both the Houses.
"I have sought disqualification of 12 Shiv Sena rebel Lok Sabha members," Raut, the leader of the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party, said after meeting the Speaker.
The 12 Lok Sabha members, owing allegiance to Shinde, declared Rahul Shewale as their leader and 5-term member Bhawana Gawli as the chief whip of the party. Shewale insisted that the 12 members had not formed a separate group in Lok Sabha but had merely replaced Vinayak Raut as their leader in the House.
Speaker had recognised Shewale as the Shiv Sena leader in the Lok Sabha. After 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray had appointed Vinayak Raut as the party's leader in the Lok Sabha.