A MONTH AFTER the Supreme Court (SC) pronounced its verdict on the legal battle between the two Senas and asked Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar to take a decision on the disqualification proceedings against 16 MLAs from the undivided Shiv Sena, Narvekar is yet to start the process. He has not issued notices to any of these MLAs in this regard so far.
While delivering its judgment on May 11, a Constitution bench of the SC said it would not interfere in the disqualification proceedings against 16 Sena MLAs, including Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, pending before the Speaker, saying that the Speaker must decide on the same within a “reasonable period”.
The Speaker has so far only sought the original copy of the undivided Sena’s constitution that was in effect in June 2022 when Shinde launched his rebellion, leading to a split in the undivided Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray.
Officials privy to the procedure told The Indian Express that Thackeray and Shinde may be summoned to present their side before issuing notices or taking any decision on the matter.
Even as no specific timeframe was mentioned in the SC verdict to take the decision on the MLAs’ disqualification, the Opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), including the Sena (UBT), Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has been alleging that Narvekar is delaying the matter in order to “safeguard” CM Shinde and his MLAs.
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