New Delhi: Uddhav Thackeray, the chief of the rival faction of Shiv Sena, on Tuesday attacked Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar for his resolution to declare the social gathering led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the true Shiv Sena. Thackeray stated he’ll take the battle to the folks’s court docket. Thackeray, who was the previous chief minister of Maharashtra, stated his battle would decide the destiny of democracy within the nation. He was talking at a “folks’s court docket” and a “mega press convention”.
The “folks’s court docket” was organised in Worli, the seat of Thackeray’s son and ex-minister Aaditya Thackeray. It was attended by the highest leaders of Shiv Sena UBT and the legal professionals who represented Thackeray within the Supreme Court docket, the Election Fee and the hearings performed by Narwekar. Thackeray referred to as Narwekar “dishonest” and challenged him and Shinde to a public debate on who was the true Shiv Sena.
Narwekar had given a verdict on January 10 that the Shinde group was the genuine Sena and rejected the disqualification pleas filed by each Shinde and Thackeray teams in opposition to one another’s MLAs after the social gathering break up in June 2022. “I’m taking this battle to the folks’s court docket,” Thackeray stated firmly.
Thackeray additionally confirmed outdated movies of his election because the social gathering chief in 2013 and 2018 to help his declare. In one of many movies, Narwekar is seen attending the social gathering operate when he was part of the united Shiv Sena. Thackeray requested why the BJP invited him to Delhi after the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections if he was not the respectable Shiv Sena chief.
He additionally criticised the Election Fee and requested whether or not it “ate” the structure of the united Sena. He stated the ballot physique ought to pay again the cash spent on 19.41 lakh affidavits of social gathering members, signed on Rs 100 stamp papers, which have been submitted throughout the hearings earlier than the fee.
Shiv Sena UBT chief Anil Parab, who’s in control of the authorized facet of the case, stated the Election Fee of India communicated with the united Shiv Sena and Uddhav Thackeray frequently between 2018 and 2022.
Narwekar, on his half, defended his resolution to not settle for the amended structure of the united Shiv Sena of 2018. He stated the social gathering had solely knowledgeable the Election Fee about Uddhav Thackeray turning into the social gathering chief however didn’t submit the amended structure.
Narwekar stated in his verdict that the Sena’s 1999 structure was the legitimate one for deciding which group was the true Shiv Sena. “My actions have been primarily based on the Supreme Court docket’s tips,” he stated on the press convention. He additionally defined his resolution to not disqualify Thackeray group MLAs and stated the whip issued to them was not despatched correctly.
He mocked Thackeray and stated a “part-time president or part-time lawyer” can not do work and one has to dedicate himself absolutely to a celebration. He additional stated that the foundations made by a celebration shouldn’t be solely on paper but additionally carried out. He stated working a celebration is a matter of duty.
