Maharashtra got embroiled in political crisis after Cabinet Minister, and now new Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde and a rebel group of MLAs left the State first for Surat in Gujarat and then for Guwahati.
The Shinde group has expressed its displeasure with the alliance by Shiv Sena with the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party, then headed by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.
Some of the rebel MLAs then received disqualification notices from the Deputy Speaker for acting against party whip while voting for the MLC elections in the State.
The rebel MLAs then approached the top court against the disqualification notices.
The Supreme Court on June 27 granted interim relief to Shinde and his rebel group of MLAs by extending the time to file response to the disqualification notice sent by the Deputy Speaker, till July 12.
Subsequently, the Court on June 29 also gave the go-ahead to a floor test called for by the Governor.
This had led to the fall of Mahavikas Aghadi government led by Uddhav Thackeray and a new government led by Eknath Shinde was sworn in.
Subsequently, new speaker was elected by the assembly and he has sent disqualification notices to 53 out of 55 Shiv Sena MLAs.
Source: Barandbench
