Maharashtra Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar says, “In my view, the 2018 leadership structure (submitted with ECI) was not as per the Shiv Sena Constitution.
“Shiv Sena party chief as per the party constitution can not remove anyone from the party. Uddhav Thackeray removed Eknath Shinde or any party leader from the party as per the party constitution.
“But the removal of Eknath Shinde by Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022 is not accepted based on the Shiv Sena constitution…”
“The Shinde faction was the real Shiv Sena political party when rival factions emerged on 21st June 2022,” he concluded.
Uddhav group national exec didn’t meet: Speaker
Maharashtra Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar says, “…The UBT faction has not placed any material on record or even suggest that any meeting of the Rashtriya Karyakarini was called for where any decision about the real political party was resolved…”
Further, he said, “The 2018 leadership structure was not in conformity with the constitution of the Shiv Sena (of 1999 which is relied upon). This leadership structure cannot be taken as the yardstick to determine which faction is a real Shiv Sena political party.”
Shiv Sena chief cannot sack anyone: Maha speaker
Shiv Sena ‘pramukh’ does not have power to remove any leader from the party, says Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar.
Going by Shiv Sena leadership structure from ECI website: Speaker
Maharashtra Assembly Apeaker Rahul Narwekar says, “In view of the evidence and records before me, prima facie indicates that no elections were held in the year 2013, as well as in the year 2018.
“However, I as the speaker exercising jurisdiction under the 10th Schedule have limited jurisdiction and cannot go beyond the record of the ECI as available on the website and hence I have not considered this aspect while determining the relevant leadership structure.
“Thus, given the above conclusions, I find that the leadership structure of Shiv Sena reflected in the letter dated 27th February 2018 available on the website of the ECI is the relevant leadership structure which has to be taken into account for the purpose of determining which faction is the real political party…”
