Maharashtra Speaker says Eknath Shinde's faction was real Shiv Sena: What's next for Uddhav Thackeray?

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's "faction was the real Shiv Sena political party when rival factions emerged on 21st June 2022", ruled Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday. The verdict came as a major setback for the Uddhav Thackeray faction as Narwekar rejected the petition by Thackeray to disqualify 16 Shiv Sena MLAs including Shinde.

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On Wednesday, the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker issued a verdict on disqualification pleas against Eknath Shinde and several MLAs. As the verdict came in favour of the Shinde faction, here's what happens next with the Uddhav Thackeray faction, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).

Following the , Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Sanjay Raut and Aaditya Thackeray warned that their political party will approach the Supreme Court against the Speaker’s order.

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said the Speaker's verdict was in violation of the Supreme Court order and is a "ploy to kill democracy". Thackeray had earlier raised objection to a meeting between Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar and Eknath Shinde, just ahead of the verdict in the Shiv Sena MLA disqualification case.

Thackeray said, "The way he made Narvekar sit, it was clear that he was in collusion. I had expressed my doubts yesterday that this is a ploy to kill democracy... We will see whether a case of contempt of the Supreme Court can be made out or not."

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Explaining further, Thackeray said, "The Supreme Court had clearly said that the Governor had misused his position and made a wrong decision...Supreme Court will not stop without giving complete justice to the people and Shiv Sena..."

According to reports, Uddhav Thackeray had said earlier that his party had filed an