Truth shall prevail: Raut on comments of Fadnavis over Sena (UBT) pleas in SC

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said truth shall prevail and slammed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his remarks that the Supreme Court will rule in their favour in reference to a disqualification plea filed by the Sena UBT faction against MLAs of the Eknath Shindeled groupFadnavis on Saturday said the ruling Eknath ShindeBJP coalition in Maharashtra is a legitimate governmentWhat we have done was legal as per the Constitutional norms and the law was properly studied and therefore the result will be in our favour the BJP leader said after Uddhav Thacekrayled Shiv Sena faction predicted the collapse of the state government which came to power in June 2022 after Shinde pulled down the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentOn Sunday Raut in a tweet said Neither Honble Supreme Court nor Election Commission pay heed to what NONENTITIES say Truth shall prevailWho is Devendra Fadnavis to claim that Honble SC will pronounce in their favor amp Narayan Rane announces that EC will give the Shiv Sena Symbol to Shinde the Rajya Sabha member askedIn the 2019 state Assembly polls the BJP emerged as the single largest party by winning 105 seats in the 288member House The BJPs then ally Shiv Sena undivided had won 56 seats but the saffron allies fell out over the post of the chief ministerAlso Read Big win for Maharashtra says Aaditya Thackeray following Bhagat Singh KoshyariFadnavis on Saturday refuted the criticism that the state government was illegal and that many members of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be disqualified by the apex courtThis message is being spread so that the remaining 1015 MLAs in the Thackerayled Shiv Sena camp dont defect Whatever we have done is as per the rules and adhering to the Constitution Fadnavis saidThe Supreme Court last month said that it will commence hearing on February 14 on pleas related to the Maharashtra political crisis triggered by the Shiv Senas divisionLast year the Thackerayled MVA government in the state that comprised the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress collapsed after Sena MLA Shinde and 39 other legislators rebelled against the partys leadership This later led to the division in the Shiv Sena with one faction headed by Thackeray and the other by ShindeThe Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena had earlier submitted that party MLAs loyal to Shinde can save themselves from disqualification under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution only by merging with another political partyThe Tenth Schedule of the Constitution provides for the prevention of defection of the elected and nominated members from their political party and contains stringent provisions against defectionsThe top court had asked the Shinde faction to redraft the legal issues of split merger defection and disqualification raised in petitions filed by the Thackeray camp that are to be adjudicated upon following the political crisis in MaharashtraThe Shinde group had said the antidefection law is not a weapon for a leader who has lost the confidence of his own party to lock his members and somehow hang on to powerThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever