Shinde-Fadnavis government in the state is unconstitutional, says Sawant

Mumbai: On Tuesday, a five-member constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear the matter of power struggle in the state and the split in Shiv Sena. It is also likely that a decision will be taken at this juncture whether to refer the hearing to a sevenjudge constitution bench. Meanwhile, ahead of this hearing, Shiv Sena’s Thackeray faction MP Arvind Sawant along with the Shinde faction criticized the BJP government at the Centre. He had reached Yavatmal to join the Mahamorcha of the Thackeray faction. “Tomorrow’s hearing is not just limited to the Shiv Sena or the power struggle in Maharashtra. When no one has a majority in the House. Then the party which has more MLAs is invited to form the government. However, this did not happen. After that even the Leader of the House was not elected, so on what basis did the Gove r - nor administer the oath to the Chief Minister ?

Who told this to the Governor? It was from here that the work of tearing apart the Constitution started and it was done at someone’s behest. The government in the state is unconstitutional,” said Sawant. “The decision regarding the symbol will be taken by the Election Commission. We have given them proofs. The Commission had given the date of November 23 to submit this evidence. The Commission had said that it will not be extended even for a day. But then the commission itself extended the date. So on whose advice was this decision taken? That is the big question here,” he said and criticized that the work of attacking the roots of democracy is being done by the BJP government at the center and in the state. He also said that the Supreme Court is the only place to get justice in the country and the longer this hearing drags on, the less the public will have faith in the judiciary. He also targeted the state government for the delay in the local selfgovernment elections. “The state government does not dare to conduct local self government elections. Everyday new reasons are being found to postpone these elections,” he said.