The apex court said it cannot disqualify Eknath Shinde and 15 other MLAs for revolting against then CM Uddhav Thackeray in June last year as he resigned without facing the floor test.
Shiv Sena (UBT) is hopeful that Ekanth Shinde and the 15 rebel MLAs will face action since they defied the ‘whip’, but CM’s faction is confident that their government will be in majority and complete its term
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"The petition that went to the constitutional bench, it will not get a result for four to five years. Meanwhile, we will win the 2024 elections," Bharatshet Gogawale, the chief whip of Shinde's faction, said.