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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 25 (ANI): As rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde named their group 'Shiv Sena Balasaheb' amid the ongoing tussle with the Uddhav Thackeray faction, the Maharashtra Chief Minister on Saturday said that the former faction can take their own decisions but no one should use Balasaheb Thackeray's name.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 30 (ANI): Mumbai Sessions court on Saturday heard bail applications of MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana.

Mumbai Dec 28 PTI Amid the ongoing tussle between the Maharashtra government and the Raj Bhavan over the issue of state Assembly Speakers election Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said the governor is not appointed to reject the rights of the legislature and governments recommendations In sarcastic remarks Raut also said the Maharashtra governor seemed too studious and this could cause him indigestion If the governor is acting contradictory to his constitutional duties then the state will have to take some political steps as well the Shiv Senas chief spokesperson said The remarks came a day after the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in Maharashtra conveyed to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari that a delay in approving the schedule for election of the Legislative Assembly Speaker will be taken as his consent A delegation of MVA ministers had met the governor on Sunday with a letter of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray seeking approval to hold the Speakers election in the ongoing legislature session A senior minister later told PTI that the governor in a letter to the CM on Monday morning said the amendment in existing legislative rules to pave the way for holding the Speakers election through a voice vote in the Assembly and not ballot was unconstitutional Talking to reporters on Tuesday Raut said It seems that the Maharashra governor is too studious it could cause him indigestion His appointment is not for rejecting the rights of the legislative House governments recommendations and peoples will The Rajya Sabha member further said he will not speak on the governors response to the letter sent by CM over the election of new Speaker I have already said the governor should not study so much If someone faces indigestion it could lead to abdominal pains The state health department can treat such ailments he said sarcastically Asked if CM Thackeray who underwent a cervical spine surgery sometime back would attend the session Raut said Wait and watch Tuesday is the last day of the state legislatures winter session PTI ND GK GK

Mumbai Dec 27 PTI In a fresh confrontation with the Raj Bhavan the MVA government in Maharashtra on Monday conveyed to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari that a delay in approving the schedule for election of the Legislative Assembly Speaker will be taken as his consent sources said as the ruling coalition appeared firm on electing a new Speaker on TuesdayThe Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government which has been at loggerheads with the Governors office over a number of issues appears firm on holding the Speaker election on Tuesday the last day of the ongoing winter session of the legislature despite the Governor refusing to accept the ruling coalitions request for approval of the scheduleThe Congress a constituent of the MVA has accused the opposition BJP of obstructing the Speakers election by using the Governors office The post is lying vacant since February this yearNotably 12 MLAs of the BJP are under suspension for a year since the monsoon session in July this year for allegedly misbehaving with the presiding officer in the Speakers chamberA senior minister told PTI that the Governor in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday morning said the amendment in existing legislative rules to pave the way for holding the Speakers election through a voice vote in the Assembly and not ballot was unconstitutionalA delegation of MVA ministers had met the Governor on Sunday with a letter of the Chief Minister seeking approval to hold the Speaker election in the ongoing legislature session itselfThe minister said a second letter sent to the Raj Bhavan on Monday evening explained that the government was within its rights to amend the existing rules related to the Speakers electionWe are firm on holding the election tomorrow Tuesday he saidThe development comes amid reports that Koshyari has not accepted the state governments plea for holding the speakers election during the winter session of the state legislatureYesterday the Governor had told a government delegation comprising Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal that he would seek legal opinion on the issue and get back to themLater Thorat had said the governor sought details of the amendments to the legislative rules about holding the election through a voice vote instead of ballotShinde also had said the change in procedure of holding the Speakers election was done as per the rulesShiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut took a swipe at the Governor this morning saying too much of study is not good in a democracyWhat matters in a democracy is listening to the voice of the people As per Constitution a Governor has to abide by the recommendations of the state cabinet he saidMaharashtra Congress president and MLA Nana Patole said the proposed election of the Speaker by a voice vote is not unconstitutionalThe post of Speaker is lying vacant since February this year after Patole who was elected to the constitutional position in end-2019 resigned to take charge as the state Congress chiefElection of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly will be held by a voice vote instead of through ballot and the government has planned to hold this election tomorrow Dec 28 itself Patole told reportersPatole was responding to a media query about a letter sent by the Governor to the state government saying holding the election through a voice vote will be unconstitutionalThe Congress MLA said the legislature has powers to amend rules related to election of Speaker and they were amended accordingly in MaharashtraThere is a similar process in the Lok Sabha and Maharashtra has adopted the same process of electing the Speaker by a voice vote he saidThe Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government and Koshyari have had constant face-offs since the three-party ruling coalition assumed office in November 2019Koshyari had declined to nominate Thackeray who is not an MLA to the Legislative Council through the Governors quota after the biennial election to the Upper house of the legislature were put off during the COVID-19 lockdown last yearThe Governors refusal had even threatened the survival of the MVA government as Thackeray had to get elected to either house of the Legislature before May 2020He was not a member of the legislature when he was sworn in as chief minister in November 2019 Koshyari has also not accepted the state cabinets recommendations to nominate 12 members to the Legislative Council through the governors quotaKoshyari had also written a letter to Thackeray on the issue of delay in reopening of temples and questioned his Hindutva ideals The state government had denied Koshyari permission to use the official plane to visit Uttarakhand his home stateMeanwhile senior Advocate Shrihari Aney a former Advocate General of Maharashtra told PTI that what the Governor says may not have any legal implications when it comes to elections inside the HouseThe basic position in law is that the elections are conducted in the House by the Speaker In this the Governor has no role to play Aney saidIf the Governor wants to give any directions or has anything to say then it has to be in private Aney addedThe senior advocate further said if the Speaker the Chair says there will be a voice vote instead of a secret ballot and if there is a section of MLAs which does not like this process then they can ask the Speaker presiding officer for a division of votesThen the Speaker the Chair would have to take a decision on whether the elections would be held via voice vote or a ballot While the Governor may not have any legal rights but what he says can be considered as what a section of MLAs want Aney said PTI MR SP GK RSY RSY

New Delhi Nov 28 PTI The BJP Sunday hit out at the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government on the completion of its two years in office calling it the most corrupt opportunist anti-people and useless dispensation ever in Maharashtra and said Uddhav Thackeray has remained an accidental and absentee chief ministerAddressing a press conference here senior BJP leader and former Union minister Prakash Javadekar listed various cases of alleged corruption against NCP and Shiv Sena leaders and accused the MVA government of having effected criminalisation of politics in the state during its two years in officeThere is nothing worth praising about the two years of this government It has been most corrupt opportunist anti-people and useless government ever in Maharashtra he saidLashing out at Thackerey Javadekar said the people of Maharashtra had given their mandate to Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in the 2019 assembly polls but the Shiv Sena chief chose to join hands with rival NCP and Congress only to become the chief minister of the most corrupt dispensation in the statePeople call it Maha Vasulia Aghadi Sakar an extortionist government I want to give it a new name --Maha Vishwasghati Aghadi Sarkar an unfaithful government the BJP leader saidSeparately Chief Minister Thackeray said in Mumbai that most part of his governments two years was spent on COVID-19 management and that the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA succeeded in turning the crisis into an opportunity In a statement to mark the completion of his two years in office Thackeray 61 who is recuperating in a private hospital after a spine surgery thanked the people for supporting his government in all its endeavours and said it is the peoples government PTI PK PK TIR TIR

Mumbai : According to reports, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday lashed out on government. Over the alleged misuse of investigative agencies, Raut today alleged that “contract killings” are now replaced by “government killings” to finish off political rivals in Maharashtra. With some ministers in the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Income Tax, and at least one of them facing a CBI inquiry, Raut said that Central investigating agencies are working as “contract killers for the party in power in Delhi.” “Is there a rule of law or (a rule of) raids in Maharashtra?