The Supreme Court refused to urgently list a plea filed against the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's recent decision to recognise the merger of six rebel Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, sources said here on Tuesday.
The Maharashtra State Council of Examination postponed the June 28 TET after police received intelligence suggesting that confidential question paper information had reached individuals in Bhiwandi. The exam was to be conducted at 1,028 centres across the state.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde called on Union Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss technical matters relating to the merger of six MPs who defected Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena to join the Shinde faction recently as part of ‘Operation Tiger,’ and the expansion and reshuffle of the Union cabinet, which is reportedly on the cards, sources said.
A meeting inside the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan has sparked fresh tensions within the opposition alliance. Sanjay Raut has openly questioned Sharad Pawar's political decision.
With six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs and several MLAs and corporators recently jumping ship to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the buzz that attempts to “poach” are continuing in Maharashtra, the chatter now is that Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar is contemplating safer options for his party and daughter Supriya Sule.
Earlier on Wednesday, Shiv Sena sources had indicated that the case is likely to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Bombay High Court Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar administered the oath of office to Jishnu Dev Varma at the Darbar Hall of the Lok Bhavan in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, along with several other dignitaries.
The Governor-designate arrived in Mumbai to assume his official responsibilities after relinquishing charge as Governor of Telangana, where he served for more than one and a half years.
Earlier on Thursday, Shinde initially decided to spring a surprise by announcing two candidates for the Rajya Sabha election, namely Professor Jyoti Waghmare and Rohit Tilak, who happens to be the great-grandson of Lokmanya Tilak, in a bid to pit Tilak against the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi's (MVA) only Rajya Sabha candidate, NCP founder Sharad Pawar.
The Maharashtra State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will register a case under appropriate legal provisions if it is established that the late Ajit Pawar was assassinated, CID Additional Director General of Police Sunil Ramanand said at a press conference here today.
