The Supreme Court on January 22, 2024 issued a notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and 38 MLAs supporting him on Shiv Sena (UBT)’s plea challenging Speaker Narwekar’s January 10, 2024 order.
On January 10, Narwekar dismissed UBT faction's plea seeking disqualification of MLAs.
Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar has ruled that Eknath Shinde faction is the real Shiv Sena.
Narwekar took charge as the speaker of Maharashtra assembly amid chants of "Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji", "Jai Sri Ram", "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram".
