Maharashtra political crisis: Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Chief Minister

Maharashtra political crisis: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned today after the Supreme Court allowed a no-trust vote. Maharashtra political crisis: Uddhav Thackeray resigned from as Minister. The no-trust vote will be held tomorrow in the Maharashtra Assembly.

But the court said that both parties will have two days to file a rejoinder, and the final result of no-trust vote will be dependent on the outcome of the writ petition. The petitions, if any, will be heard on July 11.  “I am resigning as the Chief Minister. I don’t want a hand in the blood of Shiv Sainiks that may be spilled tomorrow,” Uddhav Thackeray said in a Facebook live today.

Eknath Shinde has claimed the support of nearly 40 (out of 55) Sena MLAs, thus pushing it the Maha Vikas Aghadi government – comprising Shiv Sena, Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Congress – to the brink of collapse. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that Maharashtra today lost a sensitive and cultured chief minister today.

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Commenting on Uddhav Thackeray’s resignation, Mr Raut said that the Maharashtra Chief Minister stepped down extremely gracefully. “We have lost a sensitive and cultured Chief Minister. History tells us that fraudsters do not meet a happy end,” Mr Raut said in a tweet. He also said that this is the beginning of Shiv Sena’s grand victory.

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