Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday won the floor test with 164 votes, 20 above the magic mark.
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde. PTI
Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday won the floor test with 164 votes, 20 above the magic mark.
In the 288-member House, 164 MLAs voted for the motion of confidence, while 99 voted against it.
Speaker Rahul Narvekar announced that the trust vote has been carried by a majority vote.
Shinde had taken the oath as the chief minister of the state last week after forming the government with the support of the BJP.
What was interesting about the vote was that some of the MLAs from the Uddhav faction voted in favour of Shinde to avoid action against them. Santosh Bangar of Uddhav faction joined Shinde minutes ahead of the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Monday.
While AIMIM and Samajwadi Party abstained from voting, Congress MLAs were not allowed to enter as they showed up late for the floor test.
Meanwhile, Bharat Gogawale (Eknath Shinde faction) has given a petition to the Assembly Speaker seeking suspension of 16 MLAs of the party for violation of whip.
The 16 MLAs will be issued notice for suspension, confirmed the Speaker’s office.
In late night developments on Sunday Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar had reinstated Shinde as Shiv Sena legislature party leader, removing Ajay Chaudhary.
Narvekar also recognised the appointment of Bharat Gogawale from the Shinde camp as the chief whip of the Sena, removing Sunil Prabhu, who belongs to the Thackeray faction.
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