Maharashtra political drama: Supreme Court to hear petition filed by Sena, NCP, Congress
New Delhi/Mumbai/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Sunday morning will hear the petition filed by the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress against the Centre's move to revoke Presidential rule and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's move to invite Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis to form the Maharashtra government.
The three parties had urged the Supreme Court to conduct an urgent hearing on the case.
Maharashtra wakes up under BJP rule
NCP leader Ajit Pawar stunned the Shiv Sena on early Saturday morning by allying with the BJP to form the next state government in Maharashtra.
After Koshyari revoked the Presidential rule in the state early morning, BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister for the second time with Ajit as his deputy after the NCP leader claimed 35 of his party MLAs have supported the saffron outfit.
Though the tally of BJP-NCP is still five short of the majority mark (145), the saffron party is likely to cobble up the number with the support of the Independent MLAs.
All the developments on the western soil took place barely a few hours after Sharad Pawar last night informed his party, Shiv Sena and Congress will form the Maharashtra government with Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister.
(Image Credit: Sharad Pawar Twitter)
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