Notice issued to MLAs of Uddhav camp for not voting for Shinde in belief vote, Aaditya excluded

By PTI

MUMBAI: After profitable the belief vote within the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena on Monday evening issued a discover to 14 legislators from the Uddhav Thackeray camp for violating a whip issued by Shiv Sena chief whip and Shinde loyalist Bharat Gogawale.

The discover, nevertheless, excluded the identify of Aaditya Thackeray, son of celebration chief Uddhav Thackeray, “out of respect”. The whip issued by Gogawale had requested all of the MLAs of Shiv Sena to vote for Eknath Shinde within the belief vote.

Gogawale was recognised because the chief whip of Shiv Sena by Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narvekar on Sunday, a day earlier than the ground take a look at.

“It is true that we have issued a notice for the violation of the whip to Shiv Sena MLAs who did not vote for CM Shinde. However, we have omitted the name of Aaditya from it out of respect,” Gogawale instructed PTI.

He stated all Shiv Sena MLAs, together with these within the Uddhav Thackeray camp, had labored collectively for a very long time with Uddhav and Aaditya Thackeray. “We respect them. But they should have addressed our concerns,” he added.

The Shiv Sena had 55 MLAs earlier than the rebel within the 288-member Assembly, whose present power is 287 because of the loss of life of a Sena legislator.

In the belief vote, 164 MLAs voted for the movement of confidence whereas 99 voted in opposition to it.