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"The SC judgement is very clear on this aspect. This 'illegal' government has to go within three months. We are waiting for the decision of the Speaker on the disqualification of 16 MLAs, but the apex court verdict has declared the entire government as 'unconstitutional', and even the remaining 24 MLAs will be disqualified now," said Raut.

State NCP President Jayant Patil said though it is not proper to comment on the Governor's actions, previous Governor Koshyari was doing this round-the-clock from the day one after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena came to power in November 2019.

Bharat Gogawale, the Whip of Shiv Sena headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that he would first read the entire SC judgement before commenting. On a specific query to his status, Gogawale said that the SC has only made an observation of his appointment as Whip, it's not the judgement.

Sena (UBT) Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut also welcomed the SC verdict calling it a trendsetter not only for Maharashtra but for the entire country. "The SC has said that this is a totally illegal and unconstitutional government and all the decisions of the (then) Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari were wrong," said Raut.

"They have stabbed us in the back. I will certainly pay them back. Whatever 'prasad' we give them, they will remember it for the rest of their lives," said Thackeray amid a thunderous round of applause, flanked by BKS General Secretary Raghunath Kuchik and other top union leaders.

Since the past few days, leaders across the spectrum have been issuing varied or even contradictory statements on the 'restless' Ajit Pawar's probable step - doing an 'Eknath Shinde type' operation on the NCP. A bemused Ajit Pawar - the nephew of NCP President Sharad Pawar - dismissed all the rumours of his switching sides or joining the BJP, and even rubbished contentions that he had met Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

"Shinde had come to our home (Matoshri) before the rebellion... he cried saying he would land in jail if he didn't go with the Bharatiya Janata Party," claimed Thackeray Jr, speaking to a private television channel. He declared that Shinde and the 40 MLAs quit the original Shiv Sena "only to save their seats and for money... there was no other reason for them to quit", as a fresh political row erupted.

"They (Eknath Shinde group) have tried to steal everything from us, they've tried to steal our party logo and party name. They're trying to do everything they can. But the fact of the matter is: Someone who has run away with everything can only be tagged as a chor (thief), nothing beyond that," he said, while interacting with the students of GITAM (Deemed to be University) at its Hyderabad campus, as part of a Changemakers session moderated by Smita Sharma, visiting faculty, Kautilya School of Public Policy.

Vinayak D. Savarkar, later revered as 'Swatantryaveer Savarkar' was born in Bhagur, Nashik, on May 28, 1883 and passed away on February 26, 1966 in Mumbai. Next month will mark his 140th birth anniversary.

He was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who arrived in Lucknow on Sunday morning, and Uttar Pradesh minister Swatantra Dev Singh, apart from his cabinet colleagues and legislators. Shinde received a warm welcome in Ayodhya as the holy city had been plastered with posters welcoming the.