The Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena hasn’t given Aaditya Thackeray’s name for disqualification even though he defied the party whip to support the government during the floor test on Monday. Reason: “Out of Respect for Bal Thackeray”.
Chief whip of the Shinde-led faction Bharat Gogawale told ANI, “We have given notices to disqualify all the MLAs who defied our whip. We have not given his (Aaditya Thackeray’s) name (for disqualification) given our respect for Balasaheb Thackeray… CM will take a call on this.”
We have given notices to disqualify all the MLAs who defied our whip; have not given his (Aaditya Thackeray’s) name due to our respect for Balasaheb Thackeray: Shiv Sena chief whip Bharat Gogawale pic.twitter.com/hRQZsqZ7Lj
— ANI (@ANI) July 4, 2022
Aaditya is a former cabinet minister and son of Uddhav Thackeray.
Gogawale submitted the disqualification petition to Speaker Rahul Narwekar to suspend 16 MLAs from the Uddhav camp for defying the whip during the floor test.
With inputs from News18, PTI
