Uddhav Thackeray Resigns As Maharashtra Chief Minister Ahead Of Floor Test
Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday announced that he is resigning as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra amid political crisis in the state.
“I am resigning as the Chief Minister,” Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announced.
He also announced his resignation from the post of MLC.
The MVA government in Maharashtra is facing a political crisis following a rebellion in Shiv Sena. Rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde are camping in Guwahati.
Uddhav Thackeray also expressed his gratitude to the allies NCP and Congress in the coalition government.
“I want to express my gratitude to the people of NCP and Congress that they supported me. From Shiv Sena, Anil Parab, Subhash Desai and Aaditya Thackeray, these people were only present when the proposal was passed while NCP and Congress people also supported the proposal,” he said.
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He also expressed to Maharashtra cabinet decisions taken in earlier day.
“I am satisfied that we have officially renamed Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv – the cities named by Balasaheb Thackeray,” he added.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave its green signal for floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly tomorrow as it refused to stay the state governor’s decision, which was challenged by Shiv Sena chief whip Sunil Prabhu.
“We are not staying tomorrow’s floor test,” the Supreme Court bench said.
The court also issued notice on Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu’s plea and said that tomorrow’s floor test will be subject to the outcome of the present petition. The court will hear his plea on July 11.”
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