Maharashtra Govt Formation: SC Orders Floor Test, Ajit Pawar Calls On Fadnavis; Sena-NCP-Congress confident To Prove Majority

Maharashtra Government Floor Test:The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed an interim order to conduct a floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday after considering the competing claims of the parties.

Having heard the parties, the bench of the top court comprising Justices N.V. Ramana, Sanjeev Khanna and Ashok Bhushan was of the opinion that since oath taking of the MLAs has not taken place a floor test should be conducted as soon as possible on November 27, saying the exercise should be completed before 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

The court said a pro tem speaker would be appointed and the floor test would not be conducted by secret ballot and the proceedings would be telecast live.

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Now, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, which will rule when a floor test will be carried out in Maharashtra for BJP's Fadnavis to prove that he enjoys majority support in the House.

Meanwhile on Monday the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress gathered its MLAs at the posh Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex. Top leaders from the three parties -- including Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP boss Sharad Pawar -- were seen visibly confident with 162 MLAs sitting behind them.

The month-long political impasse in Maharashtra took a dramatic turn on Saturday when Devendra Fadnavis returned as chief minister of Maharashtra for the second term and was administered oath of office in a hushed up ceremony early morning. The major twist was that of NCP leader Ajit Pawar taking oath as the deputy chief minister at the Raj Bhavan along with Fadnavis.

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Ahead of Supreme Court verdict today, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut took to Twitter and wrote-
Supreme Court to pass an order at 1030 am today on the petition jointly filed by the NCP-Congress and Shiv Sena against the formation of BJP-led government in Maharashtra.

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Maharashtra Government Floor Test: In an unprecedented action in Indian politics, the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress combine on Monday organised a public parade of their 162 supporting MLAs in a bid to disprove the claims of 170 legislators made by the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally Ajit Pawar.

The dramatic parade, at a hotel, came barely 12 hours before the scheduled hearing in the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning on the parties' challenge to the new government sworn-in early Saturday morning with Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar as his deputy, creating a political upheaval in the state.

Besides the enthusiastic 162 MLAs of the three 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' partners, top leaders of all three parties like Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, Praful Patel, Jayant Patil, Nawab Malik, Jitendra Awhad (all Nationalist Congress Party), Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray, Eknath Shinde, and Sanjay Raut (all Shiv Sena), Ashok Chavan, Prithviraj Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat and Mallikarjuna Kharge (Congress) and others were present.



Abu Asim Azmi of the Samajwadi Party was also at the parade held at the banquet hall of the five star Grand Hyatt hotel in the western suburbs near the airport.

Several leaders addressed the gathering against a backdrop of large hoardings proclaiming "We Are 162" in different corners of the hall.

The leaders assured the gathered legislators - many of them first-timers, from some of the remotest parts of the state - that the three parties are in a full majority and they would soon give a stable alliance government in Maharashtra.



"In many states, the BJP has governments though it is not in a majority. The Centre is misusing its powers to grab power everywhere and Constitutional norms are being violateda... But this is not Goa or Manipur, this is Maharashtra," Sharad Pawar thundered.

He reiterated that his rebel nephew Ajit Pawar had "no powers or authority" to ally in the name of the NCP with the BJP and urged the gathering to preserve the unity seen on Monday.

Thackeray warned that those who attempt to create obstacles in the way of the unity of the three parties would be taught a severe lesson.



Patil and Thorat said that the three parties have already submitted a letter to the Governor earlier Monday staking claim to form the government on the basis of its support of at least 162 legislators.

"The people of the state don't support this government which took birth at the dead of the night. They (Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar) have lost public sympathy. All the legislators will vote against the government and it will topplea Later, our government will come to power," Patil said.

Later, the legislators and leaders took a solemn oath in the name of the Constitution, to remain united against all adversities within the law, not to do anything that would damage the Maha Vikas Aghadi, to ensure that the BJP-led government is defeated on the floor of the assembly among other points.

"The BJP has been consistently claiming that they have over 170 MLAs on their side, but has never given the actual names of their supporting legislators. We have produced all our supporting legislators in full publica The BJP will lose the floor test in the assembly," NCP National Spokesperson Malik had said earlier.






This public parade, including a joint photo-session, comes a day after the top leaders of the three parties addressed 'cross-meetings' of the legislators of each other's parties, again a unique development in politics.






Earlier, the parties had taken full precautions with their valuable legislators, taking their sworn affidavits of support, their names/signatures/identity papers/etc, to ensure nobody revolts later.

The trend-setting development was covered by the media in full strength, and each person was permitted inside the hall only after a proper scrutiny amid tight police security inside and outside the hotel.

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