Submit Maharashtra Governor letter on govt formation today: SC to Centre

Apex court likely to set date for floor test; also asks for letters Fadnavis gave to form government

The Supreme Court on Sunday asked the Centre to place before it by 10.30 am on Monday morning the letter of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inviting Devendra Fadnavis, as also the letters the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader submitted, staking his claim to form the government in the state, including the letter of support that Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP’s) Ajit Pawar furnished.

The court agreed with senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singh, who represented the NCP and the Congress, that immediate floor test even without secret ballot was the only solution to prove majority in the House. The Supreme Court Bench