Earlier the supreme court ordered that the maharashtra floor test be held within 24 hours tomorrow which will be conducted through open ballot and will be telecast live. Meanwhile the court said the floor test will be conducted by the protem speaker after the members take oath by 5pm tomorrow.
Furthermore the shiv sena today said it plans to move the supreme court against the closure of irrigation scam cases, saying the devendra fadnavis government could not take major policy decisions till the floor test was conducted. Perhaps according to the joint plea by Sena, ncp and congress, the parties have termed the decision to close cases against ajit pawar illegal. When seeking a stay on ACB's move to close cases, the plea seeks that the court restrains fadnavis from taking any such decision till the floor test is done.
Apparently the application will be mentioned after the SC's order at 10.30am today and in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana, the uddhav thackeray led party claimed that the chief whip and leader of legislative party posts were two different positions and according to a senior ncp leader, the party had, till two days ago, not appointed a chief whip. Moreover the party also hit out at its erstwhile ally bjp, asking that if chief minister devendra fadnavis had the majority, “why did he need to appoint four devils for ‘Operation Lotus’?”
