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Verdict not aimed at pleasing any party or person: Rahul Narwekar | Mumbai News
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Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday said the verdict on the cross petition seeking disqualification of members by both Shiv Sena (Shinde) and Shiv Sena (UBT) was issued after carefully studying each and every aspect. The order is sustainable where all legal and legislative factors have been adequately considered.
Speaking to the press on the issue, after issuing the verdict in Vidarbha Bhavan, he said, “I would like to make it clear that the order was not spelled to please any party or person. It was done purely on merit.”
The Supreme Court had issued certain guidelines and aspects for consideration, he said, and only after consulting both sides and MLAs from both factions was the order issued. The free fair verdict will restore people’s faith in democratic and legislative system, he said.
When his attention was drawn to criticism from Uddhav Thackeray who described it as “murder of democracy”, Narwekar said, “I would urge people to go through the order carefully and not make baseless statements.” My verdict was not to please anybody, nor was it politically driven, he asserted.
Responding to Sena (UBT) decision to appeal against the order in Supreme Court, he said, “Every citizen has the right to approach the Supreme Court against any order, and so can they (Sena UBT).”
“Firstly, I want to know what is erroronous in my order. Instead of making baseless charges I should know what the lacunae are. Moreover, just because somebody is appealing in the Supreme Court does not mean the order is wrong,” he said.
While justifying his decision to uphold qualifications of members representing both Senas, Shinde and Uddhav factions, Narwekar said, “Bharat Gogawale who was the chief whip of Sena Shinde faction did not follow proper procedure while issuing whip against the other faction members. Therefore, the order does not disqualify the Sena (UBT) MLAs.
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