It's about survival of democracy: Sanjay Raut on SC hearing

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said his party has faith in the Supreme Court which is hearing pleas challenging the disqualification notice issued to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and other MLAs Raut said that it is not a question about the survival of the Shindeled government but about the survival of democracy It is also a test for the free and fair judiciary PTI reportedAccording to the PTI Raut alleged there was an attempt to foist and establish an illegal government in Maharashtra and the Raj Bhawan and state legislature were misused for it We have faith in the Supreme Court he saidThe Supreme Court on Monday asked the newlyelected Maharashtra Assembly speaker not to proceed with a plea seeking disqualification of MLAs of Shiv Sena faction led by former chief minister Uddhav ThackerayThe SC took note of the submissions of senior advocates led by Kapil Sibal that several pleas of the Uddhav faction were to be listed on Monday The court had said that the petitions would be listed on July 11 I urge that there should be no disqualification till the matter is decided here Sibal said adding that earlier the top court had protected the rebel MLAs when they had approached itThe Thackerayled faction has also challenged the validity of assembly proceedings held on July 3 and July 4 in which a new speaker of the House was elected and subsequent proceedings of floor test in which the Shindeled coalition had proved its majorityAlso Read SC asks Speaker not to proceed with disqualification plea of Shiv Sena MLAsThe top court had on June 27 kept in abeyance the disqualification proceedings before the Deputy Speaker of the state assembly till July 11 and also sought responses from the state government and others on their pleas questioning the legality of notices seeking their disqualificationThe Shiv Sena has approached the court against this injustice on behalf of the people of Maharashtra We believe there will be a judgement on whether democracy exists in the country or whether the government functions according to the Constitution he saidThe question is not about the survival of Shinde govt the larger question is about the survival of Democracy Its also a big test for the free and fair Judiciary Raut tweetedThe question is not about the survival of Shinde govt the larger question is about the survival of Democracy Its also a big test for the free and fair JudiciaryLiveLawIndia PMOIndia priyankagandhi MamataOfficial indSupremeCourt PawarSpeaks pictwittercomgMQNl2N6Camdash Sanjay Raut rautsanjay61 July 11 2022As per the PTI Raut told reporters some people in the state have been claiming that the Supreme Court order will be in their favourIs the Supreme Court in their pocket No the Supreme Court is independent and impartial and the apex court has to decide on this he saidThirtynine MLAs led by Eknath Shinde rebelled against party leadership last month that resulted in the collapse of the Uddhav Thackerayled government The number rose to the 40 after another Sena MLA Sanjay Bangar voted in favour of the Shindeled governments trust motionBesides Shinde the other 15 MLAs who have approached the Supreme Court are Bharat Gogawale Prakash R Surve Tanhaji Jaywant Savant Mahesh S Shinde Abdul Sattar Sandeepan A Bhumre Sanjay P Sirhsat Yamini Y Jadhav Anil K Babar Latabai C Sonawane Ramesh N Bornare Sanjay B Raimulkar Chimanrao R Patil Balaji D Kalyankar and Balaji P KinilkarAsserting that people will always back the Shiv Sena Raut said it would be a great favour to people if the rebel faction of the party does not use late Sena founder Bal Thackerays name to further their causewith PTI inputs