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Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar said “Cannot hurry the process of deciding which is a political party, consequently the whip and later hearing all the disqualification petitions; cannot assume a “reasonable time”.”

Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani on Friday said that the Supreme Court’s verdict in the case pertaining to the disqualification of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs had provided a “constitutional cloak” to the BJP-Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena government

Exit polls have largely predicted Congress to emerge as the single largest party in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra was speaking to reporters at Nagpur airport, a day after the Supreme Court gave its verdict on the state’s political crisis.

The matter of disqualification of 16 MLAs following the upheaval in the undivided Shiv Sena last year could have been effectively dealt with had the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) moved swiftly after the resignation of Nana Patole as the Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly, said senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar on…

Explaining the judgment which decided the matter of the Shiv Sena split which eventually resulted in the change of government in Maharashtra

Mr. Thackeray told reporters that Mr. Shinde and Mr. Fadnavis should resign on moral grounds “if they have any ethics”.

Uddhav Thackeray's loyalist and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said they are happy with the Apex court’s verdict and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde should resign immediately on moral grounds.

The Supreme Court opened the doors for the disqualification of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde for defection from the Shiv Sena party while holding that the Governor’s call for trust vote, which led to the resignation of Uddhav Thackeray, was illegal

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“Even if 16 MLAs are disqualified, we will have the required number to retain the power.”