Waiting to see how BJP handles its new 'riff-raffs': Uddhav Thackeray

A week after Ajit Pawar led a split in the NCP and joined the Eknath ShindeBJP government in Maharashtra Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he is waiting to see how the BJP handles its new riffraffsOn the issue of petitions seeking disqualification of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs including Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Thackeray said the state Assembly Speaker will have to take a decision on it within a given frameworkIf the Speaker to bypass it the Supreme Courts doors are always open for us he told reporters in Nagpur after starting a twoday tour of the Vidarbha region in MaharashtraThe Uddhav Thackerayheaded Maha Vikas Aghadi government collapsed in June last year after a revolt led by Eknath Shinde against the Shiv Sena leadership Shinde later became the CM with BJPs supportOn July 2 this year NCPs Ajit Pawar led a split in his party and joined the Shinde government as deputy chief minister Eight other NCP MLAs also took oath as state cabinet ministersAsked about his views on the ruling BJP Thackeray said I do not think the BJP deserves anything to be said about it It has no right to preach us I am just waiting to see how the BJP handles the new riffraffsNotably Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Saturday said notices have been issued to 40 MLAs of Chief Minister Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena and 14 of the Uddhav Thackeray faction including his son Aaditya Thackeray seeking their replies on disqualification petitions against themThese legislators have been given seven days to file their reply he saidNarwekar on Friday said he has received a copy of the Shiv Senas constitution from the Election Commission of India and that hearing on the disqualification petitions against 16 Shiv Sena MLAs including CM Shinde would start soonCommenting on the pleas seeking disqualification of the 16 Shiv Sena MLAs Thackeray said the Supreme Court has already given a framework to the Maharashtra Assembly SpeakerThe Speaker will have to take a decision on the disqualification issue within the given framework If he tries to bypass it the Supreme Courts doors are always open for us the Shiv Sena UBT leader saidThe Shiv Sena UBT recently approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Assembly Speaker to hear the disqualification petitions expeditiouslyOn May 11 the top court ruled that Eknath Shinde will continue to be the chief minister of Maharashtra It cannot reinstate the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA coalition government headed by Uddhav Thackeray as the Sena leader chose to resign without facing a floor test in the wake of Shindes rebellion the court saidThis 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