New Delhi, January 15
Five days after Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar declared the Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the “real” Shiv Sena following the June 2022 split, the legal battle over rival claims over the party is far from over.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging Narwekar’s January 10 ruling that said the Shinde faction of Shiv Sena was the real Shiv Sena and dismissed disqualification petitions against Shinde and 38 MLAs.
The Election Commission had in February last year given the ‘Shiv Sena’ name and ‘bow and arrow’ symbol to the Shinde-led faction.
The Speaker had also dismissed disqualification petitions filed by the Shinde faction against Thackeray faction MLAs.
Maharashtra CM Shinde-led Shiv Sena has also moved the Bombay High Court challenging the Speaker’s decision not to disqualify 14 MLAs belonging to the Thackeray faction.
Petitions filed on January 12 by Bharat Gogavale, the chief whip of the ruling Shiv Sena against the 14 MLAs, said they were challenging the “legality, propriety and correctness” of the January 10 order passed by Narwekar dismissing the disqualification petitions submitted by him against the rival camp members.
Narwekar’s ruling enabled the Shinde to continue in office, 18 months after he rebelled against Thackeray and strengthened the ruling coalition which also included the BJP and the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction), ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and state assembly elections slated later this year.
Narwekar had said no party leadership could use provisions of the anti-defection law under 10th Schedule of the Constitution to quell dissent or indiscipline within a party.
The Shinde group had the support of 37 of the total 54 Shiv Sena MLAs when party split in June 2022, Narwekar noted.
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