Maharashtra live: Uddhav govt passes floor test; BJP to ask Governor to suspend proceedings of House
Newly sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MAV) government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance is all set to face a floor test in the Assembly on Saturday at 2 pm.
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MUMBAI: The Uddhav Thackeray-led 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government (Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance) won the floor test in Maharashtra Assembly on Saturday. As many as 169 MLAs of Maha Vikas Agadi alliance voted in favour of the Motion of Confidence, while zero against, four abstained and 105 BJP MLAs walked out during voting.
The floor test began amid huge uproar as the BJP, led by its leader Devendra Fadnavis, protested against the election of NCP Dilip Walse Patil as the pro-tem Speaker. Patil had replaced BJP's Kalidas Kolambkar as pro-tem Speaker. Fadnavis said that they will submit a letter to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari asking him to suspend the proceedings of the House. Pro-tem Speaker Dilip Walse Patil, however, rejected Fadnavis' claim of an 'illegal session', saying it's being held as per Governor's directions.
Following weeks of a tussle over government formation in the state, a special two-day Assembly session of Maharashtra begun on Saturday. On Sunday, the Assembly Speaker's election will be held, followed by tabling of motion of thanks on the governor's address in the House.
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