Supreme Court had directed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to prove majority during the floor test scheduled to be held on Wednesday.
PTI
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis, who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Saturday, and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar, who was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister, resigned from their posts on Tuesday. This comes hours after the Supreme Court directed Fadnavis to prove majority during the floor test scheduled to be held on Wednesday. The Governor, BS Koshiyari, will now have to appoint a new Chief Minister. He is likely to call the alliance parties — the Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena and the Congress — to form the government in Maharashtra. Addressing the media, Fadnavis said, “I'll go to Raj Bhavan and tender my resignation. Whoever will form the government, I wish them all the best. But this will be a very unstable government as there are huge differences of opinions amongst them.” The Supreme Court on Tuesday had ordered that a floor test be conducted by 5 pm on November 26. A three-judge bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna directed that the floor test will be held via an open ballot and will be telecast live. The Supreme Court also ordered that the senior-most MLA of the House be nominated as the Protem Speaker, who will swear-in the MLAs before holding the floor test. According to reports, after the SC verdict, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, who is Ajit Pawar’s uncle, on Tuesday called Ajit up and and asked him to come back to the NCP. The BJP had claimed the support of over 170 MLAs on their side, including 105 of its own, besides others from the NCP, independents and smaller parties. The alliance, meanwhile, has claimed the support of 160 MLAs. The alliance had moved the Supreme Court against the new government that was sworn-in early Saturday morning, calling the Governor’s decision unconstitutional. In the Maharashtra Assembly elections held on October 21, BJP had won 105 seats in the 288-member House while the NCP had won 54 seats. The Congress had won 44 seats in the Assembly.
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