Shinde-Fadnavis would like Guv to boost MVA’s list of MLC nominees

Mumbai 3rd September : In a hoped-for change that is expected to happen, the Maharashtra government headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to increase the names of 12 MLCs who were nominated by the former Maha Vikas Aghadi government, which was headed by former CM Uddhav ThackerayShinde has addressed a letter to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, requesting the removal of the 12 names suggested by the Thackeray administration in November 2020 for members of Legislative Council from the Governors limit of.

Although 23 months had passed after the deadline, even the Raj Bhavan took no decision on the MVA nominations, and even the Bombay High Court had commented on the delay.But, Shinde declined to comment and said he will inform the media about this shortly.

The MVA -- which includes Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party-Congress reached an 4-4-4 formula to fill the 12 seats left vacant and the Shinde Fadnavis coalition is said to be working on an 8-4 ratio for filling the 12 seats.The mandate of 12 MLCs elected for six years in the Upper House from the Governors allocation of quotas ended in June 2020, and since they are not filled.

Despite repeated pleas from MVA since November, 2020 to get rid of the MLCs list of prominent people there has been no response from Raj Bhavan.State Congress General Secretary Sachin Sawant and NCP Chief Spokesperson Mahesh Tapase commented strongly on the upcoming developments in the controversial issue "The BJP is blatantly trying to compromise the Constitution and undermine the democratic process in the country, by naming people from the BJP-RSS who abuse posts like Raj Bhavan.This is sad and regrettable," said Sawant.

Tapase asked the Governor to fulfill his "raj dharma" and eliminate the original list provided by the MVA government to avoid politicizing the issue.According to the rules, although the Governor must follow the guidelines of the cabinet of the state There is no time frame within which he must approve the nominations.

The delays resulted in several letters being written by the MVA and its constituents, as well as delegations going to Raj Bhavan to get the list cleared, but the efforts were in vain.On June 29th 2022, 2022 The MVA fell apart with the duo of Shinde-Fadnavis taking over the next day and will be sending their own list of MLCs to Raj Bhavan to clear.qn/pgh .