CM Shinde’s faction arrives in Mumbai, seals legislative party office

MLAs of the Eknath Shinde-led camp, who arrived in Mumbai on Saturday evening, have sealed the legislative party office in Vidhan Bhavan. The notice hanging outside the office reads, "This office is closed as per instructions of Shiv Sena legislative party office."

Shinde’s faction of MLAs who were staying in Mumbai’s Trident Hotel has on their way to State Assembly. Whereas, the BJP MLAs have already arrived at the Assembly.

The MLAs are arriving at the State Assembly as the election for Speaker is going to be held there today.

Also, the newly formed Shiv Sena-BJP government is slated to exhibit its majority by going for a floor test on the 4th of July. The newly-sworn CM Shinde has garnered the support of almost 50 MLAs, including 19 dissident legislators of Shiv Sena.

The Speaker’s post of Maharashtra’s Assembly Speaker has been vacant for more than a year. it was in February 2021 when Nana Patole resigned from the post and since then the seat has been unoccupied.