Will give a hearing to all sides, says Maha Speaker on SC ruling

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday said he will complete the process of ascertaining who represents the original Shiv Sena as a political organization in a reasonable timeSpeaking to reporters from London Narwerkar said he will give a hearing to all sidesI welcome the Supreme Courts ruling that has asked the Speaker of the Assembly to recognise a political party I will try to complete it in a reasonable timerdquo he saidldquoWe have been asked to first recognise a political party As per the principles of natural justice all the petitioners will be asked to submit statements and present their side It the process will have examination and crossexamination as wellrdquo Narwekar addedHe also claimed that the Supreme Court upheld his stand on the disqualification of MLAsldquoThe court stated that it would be the Speakers prerogative to take a call on the disqualification plea submitted against 16 MLAs including Chief Minister Eknath Shinde I have been consistently saying that it would be the Speaker who will decide on this matterrdquo he saidThe Supreme Court has clarified that the whip of the political party as against its legislative wing is what matters and hence it will have to be first decided which faction of the Sena represents the political party Narwekar saidAsked about the apex court terming the Shinde group appointing Bharat Gogawale as chief whip of the Shiv Sena as illegal he said ldquoI accept the Supreme Courts decision and I will comment on it after discussing the issue with my lawyers The state government is safe and I am happy for itrdquoAlso readBJPs powerhungry attitude has killed democracy in the country Maha Congress reacts to SC verdict on ShindeBJP govtThe Supreme Court on Thursday held that it cannot restore the then Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government led by Uddhav Thackeray as he resigned without facing the floor test in June last yearThe court also pulled up then Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and said he did not have reasons based on objective material before him to reach the conclusion that then chief minister Thackeray had lost the confidence of the HouseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever