SC Maharashtra ruling on Tuesday; NCP-Sena-Congress combine parade 162 MLAs

SC bench to pass order on Fadnavis-Ajit Pawar govt

On the eve of the Supreme Court (SC) hearing on Maharashtra government formation, the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Congress on Monday paraded their legislators, an estimated 162, in front of the media at a five-star hotel in Mumbai to back their claim that the alliance commanded the majority in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.

In the morning, the SC heard the petition of the three parties demanding that it order floor test of the Devendra Fadnavis government on Monday itself. The three-judge Bench said it would pass an order at 10.30 am on Tuesday.

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