'Real Shiv Sena': Uddhav Thackeray challenges Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra Speaker Narwekar to public debate

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moved the Supreme Court against the judgement given by those fraud people. I challenge Rahul Narvekar and (Eknath) Shinde to appear before people and answer the question of whom Shiv Sena belongs to," Thackeray said on Tuesday. ALSO READ: Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena ‘real’, rules Speaker | 10 points On January 10, Narwekar held in a long-awaited ruling that the Shinde faction was the real Sena, while dismissing disqualification petitions filed by both Shinde and Thackeray camps against each other's MLAs following a split in the party in June 2022.

Uddhav Thackeray's faction of the Shiv Sena moved the Supreme Court on Monday against the Maharashtra speaker's order rejecting the plea to disqualify MLAs of Shinde's faction and declaring the latter as the “real Shiv Sena". "I am taking this battle to the people's court," Thackeray was quoted by PTI as saying at a press conference in Mumbai. Before this, Eknath Shinde's faction had moved the Bombay High Court against the Maharashtra speaker's decision to not disqualify members of Uddhav Thackeray's faction of the Shiv Sena.

Amid the political uproar in Maharashtra, Speaker Rahul Narwekar said on Tuesday that for the last six days, "some political leaders and workers have been misleading people about my judgment". He accused Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders of "using derogatory language" against him. "They don't even respect the Assembly speaker.

It's really harmful to the democratic structure," Narwekar said. "The Supreme Court never said that appointment of Bharat Gogawale as whip (of Shinde faction) was wrong. SC said that the speaker must recognise the real Shiv Sena.