Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde exuberated confidence in the speaker s decision, saying we have a majority . Ahead of the crucial verdict by the assembly speaker on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions, the political temperature has risen in Maharashtra.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray submitted his resignation to state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in Raj Bhavan on Wednesday night. The Governor accepted the resignation and asked Uddhav Thackeray to continue as CM until an alternate arrangement is made.
A probability of the Maharashtra government falling has arisen after the ruling alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi s top minister Eknath Shinde became ‘unreachable’ and was reportedly located at Meridian hotel in Surat in BJP-ruled Gujarat