A chartered flight carrying the breakaway MLAs landed at the Dabolim airport in Goa on Wednesday night from Guwahati. They are staying in a luxury hotel at Dona Paula.
A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala refused to interfere with the Governor's direction to the MVA government to prove its majority in the Assembly on June 30.
Thackeray's announcement came minutes after the Supreme Court refused to stay Maharashtra Governor's direction to the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday.
Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil fed sweets to Fadnavis. Senior BJP leaders Sudhir Mungantiwar and Girish Mahajan were also present.
I had come (to power) in an unexpected manner and I am going out in a similar fashion, Uddhav Thackeray said as he announced his resignation as Maharashtra Chief Minister during Facebook LIVE address today.
Thackeray's announcement to step down as chief minister came minutes after the Supreme Court refused to stay the Maharashtra governor's direction to the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by the Sena chief to take a floor test in the assembly on Thursday.
The Supreme Court has also allowed jailed NCP leaders Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh to participate in the proceedings of the floor test.
The two MLAs have been booked for offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and are in jail.
Earlier, the apex court on June 27 had kept in abeyance the disqualification proceedings against rebel Shiv Sena MLAs before the Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly till July 11, and also sought responses from the state government and others on their pleas questioning the legality of notices seeking their disqualification.
Several rebel MLAs of Shiv Sena, along with some Independents have been camping in Guwahati, around 2,700 km away from Mumbai, since June 22.
A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala also asked Uddhav Thackeray led-Shiv Sena group how can floor test impacts the disqualification process or interfere with the powers of the speaker to conduct disqualification proceeding.
In this Sena vs Sena battle, Eknath Shinde's camp had earlier asked Uddhav to leave this unnatural Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance and patch up with the BJP, however, no such move was made by the chief minister.
The agency wants to question the 60-year-old Raut and record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Maharashtra crisis: The political crisis in Maharashtra started when Shiv Sena strongman Eknath Shinde, who has claimed the support of 50 MLAs, raised a banner of revolt against Uddhav Thackeray.
The ED had summoned Rajya Sabha member Raut on Tuesday for questioning in the money laundering probe linked to the re-development of a Mumbai 'chawl' and other related financial transactions involving his wife and friends.
The Shiv Sena is staring at a split after senior leader Eknath Shinde raised the banner of revolt and moved to a hotel in Assam's Guwahati with around 40 MLAs.
Maharashtra crisis: The political crisis in Maharashtra was set off by senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde following a disagreement with Uddhav Thackeray over an alliance with the NCP and Congress.
The faction - currently in a Guwahati hotel - erupted into joy and celebrations after the apex court ruling and also expressed gratitude to the Centre for providing security to the rebel MLAs and their families.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a land scam case. He has been asked to appear at 11 AM before the ED sleuths for questioning at the agency's office in south Mumbai office on Tuesday.
The ED summoned Raut on Tuesday for questioning in a money-laundering probe linked to the re-development of a Mumbai 'chawl', officials said.
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