BJP In Celebration Mode As CM Uddhav Bows Out. Sweets & Slogans In Support Of Fadnavis

Uddhav Thackeray thanked Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar for being by the Shiv Sena's side.

Former Maharashtra CM & BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis celebrate (Source: ANI)

New Delhi: Soon after the resignation of Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray, BJP leaders along with former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis celebrated and fed sweets to each other at a hotel in Mumbai during a legislative meeting. 

#MaharashtraPolitcalCrisis | Former Maharashtra CM & BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis along with state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil & other party leaders at Taj President hotel in Mumbai for a legislative meeting pic.twitter.com/9az7XBhq15

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BJP leaders also chanted slogans in favour of Fadnavis during the legislative meeting.

#WATCH | Maharashtra: BJP leaders at a hotel in Mumbai during a legislative meeting cheering slogans in favour of Former CM & BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/Os2lAPiZX5

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Addressing the state virtually, Thackeray said he will also resign as a member of the legislative council. “In a democracy, heads are counted to show numbers. I am not interested in that. I don't want to play these games. Tomorrow, they will say that they have brought down Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray's son,” he said.

He also thanked Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar for being by the Shiv Sena's side.

"I am satisfied that we have officially renamed Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv - the cities named by Balasaheb Thackeray… While taking a decision on renaming Aurangabad, the NCP and Congress did not oppose it. But what I feel bad is that only four Shiv Sena Ministers were present. Others we all know where they are.”

“The Supreme Court has given the verdict on the floor test. I want to thank the governor who upheld the democracy by asking us to hold a floor test in 24 hours after a delegation met them.”

Hours after Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari asked the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to take a floor test on Thursday, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Shiv Sena's plea to stay the floor test scheduled to take place tomorrow, Live Law reported. While announcing the judgment, the bench headed by Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala mentioned that the floor test, however, will be subject to the final outcome of the writ petition filed by Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu.