"This is the victory of Hindu Hriday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray's Hindutva and the ideology of Dharmveer Anand Digh," tweeted rebel Sena leader and Minister Eknath Shinde.
The Monday's proceedings in the Supreme Court left the rebel camp jubilation and qyickpoliticking started in the BJP too. Obviously a pall of gloom descended on the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi - Sena-NCP-Congress alliance.
Several leaders joining the meeting were seen beaming in anticipation and some flashed the 'V' sign, indicating an upbeat mood.
Sena chief spokesperson and MP Sanjay Raut, who has been served a fresh summon, said that "this a legal battle and will continue" and said the party will fight it out.
Shinde has claimed the support of 39 Sena MLAs, and 11 independents or other parties, totalling to 48, and the group is likely to extend its sojourn in Assam by a few more days.
Shinde is also reported to have initiated the process to finalise and send a letter to the Maharashtra Governor that they have withdrawn support to the MVA government of Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress.
BJP's core committee meeting got under way with top leaders present along with Devendra Fadnavis to finalise their strategy to form the next government in the state, possibly with the help of the rebel group.
In 2019 assembly polls, the BJP had emerged as the single largest party and was all set to form government in alliance with Shiv Sena. But Uddhav Thackeray aligned with NCP and Congress and ditched the decade old saffron alliance formed originally during the stint of his father Bal Thackeray.
Pointing out that the rebel MLAs had served notice for removal of the Deputy Speaker on June 25, even before the disqualification notices were issued to them on June 25, counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul asked “How can the Deputy Speaker at all proceed with the matter when a Constitution Bench of the SC says that when his own issue of removal is not decided, till then he cannot proceed with disqualification?”
When the bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala asked why can’t these questions be raised before the Deputy Speaker himself, Kaul said the Supreme Court says he cannot deal with it at all.
To a specific query from the bench on why they had not approached the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, Kaul referred the bench to statements by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and said the atmosphere in Mumbai is not conducive.
"The Supreme Court says, that apart from everything else, many political considerations come into these matters and if during a period of 14 days which Article 179 (c) provides — that you first issue a notice and within 14 days thereafter, that notice under the rules is read out in the Assembly and a motion is moved if during that period a Speaker tends to disqualify what he considers to be an inconvenient set of people and reduces the strength, which is exactly what has been sought to be done in this matter, then it completely subverts the provisions of the Constitution, destroys the spirit of the Constitution”, Kaul argued.
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