India
oi-Deepika S
Mumbai,
Jun
29:
Rebel
Shiv
Sena
leader
Eknath
Shinde
will
be
in
Mumbai
tomorrow
to
participate
in
the
floor
test
in
the
assembly.
The
revolt
in
the
Shiv
Sena,
which
heads
the
Maha
Vikas
Aghadi
(MVA)
government,
has
pushed
the
three-party
ruling
coalition,
which
also
consists
of
the
NCP
and
the
Congress,
into
a
deep
crisis.
In
a
relief
to
rebel
Shiv
Sena
lawmakers,
the
Supreme
Court
on
Monday
kept
in
abeyance
the
disqualification
proceedings
before
the
Deputy
Speaker
of
the
Maharashtra
Assembly
till
July
11
and
sought
responses
to
pleas
by
rebel
MLAs
questioning
the
legality
of
notices
seeking
their
disqualification.
The
current
political
crisis
is
triggered
after
MLA
Eknath
Shinde
flew
to
Surat
with
some
MLAs
before
shifting
to
Guwahati.
He
has
claimed
to
have
40
MLAs
with
him,
thus
achieving
the
two-thirds
majority
in
the
Shiv
Sena.
Know all about
Eknath Shinde
In
the
288-member
Maharashtra
Legislative
Assembly,
the
mid-way
mark
is
144.
However,
the
current
strength
is
287
following
the
demise
of
one
Shiv
Sena
MLA
Ramesh
Latke
of
Mumbai.
Story first published: Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 10:16 [IST]