The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra state cupboard on Wednesday gave its go-ahead to rename Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar and adjoining Osmanabad to Dharashiv in an obvious bid to brandish its Hindutva roots which were questioned by the dissident Eknath Shinde camp and the opposition BJP. The cupboard additionally accepted the choice to alter Navi Mumbai Airport’s identify to DY Patil International Airport. The MVA allies NCP and Congress, who had at all times opposed this transfer, appeared to have caved in below stress. In the cupboard assembly, Thackeray mentioned, “Today we are in this situation because I have been betrayed by my own.”
The improvement comes only a day forward of the scheduled flooring check that Thackeray’s authorities is about to face on the ground of the state Assembly at 11 am on Friday. The choices, taken throughout a cupboard assembly held at 5 PM immediately, got here even because the Supreme Court was within the technique of listening to the MVA’s arguments in a plea difficult the choice of the Governor to name for a flooring check even because the disqualification proceedings towards 16 insurgent Sena MLAs was pending earlier than the apex court docket.
Rebel Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde has claimed the assist of 39 out of 55 Shiv Sena MLAs, thus leaving the MVA means wanting the majority-mark within the 288-member robust Maharashtra Assembly. Shinde and the insurgent MLAs had attacked Thackeray for being in an “unnatural alliance” with the NCP and the Congress,
Earlier within the day, Governor BS Koshyari had despatched a letter to the secretary of the state legislature. “There has been extensive coverage in the electronic and print media that 39 MLAs of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party have expressed their sincere desire and decision to exit the Maha Vikas Aghadi government,” the Governor wrote, whereas including, “After having carefully gone through all the material available before me including the reports in electronic and print media. I am of the opinion that a floor test for proving the majority of the chief minister is imperative to ensure that the government continues to function with the confidence of the House.”
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