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Eknath Shinde doesn't have the majority number: Supriya Sule

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Mumbai, Jun 28: NCP leader Supriya Sule on Tuesday said that Shiv Sena rebel MLA Eknath Shinde doesn't have the majority number of 144 to form the government.

"He only has 50 from what I have heard, so it can't be said that he has the majority," news agency ANI quoted NCP leader Supriya Sule as saying over Maharashtra's current political situation.

NCP leader Supriya Sule

The Baramati Lok Sabha also said that those speaking against the NCP were once part of her party. "Those who're speaking against NCP (from Eknath Shinde faction) were once in NCP. Deepak bhau was in NCP, Uday Samant was in the party's youth wing. What hurts me is that when they left NCP, we didn't say bad words to them, but now they are targetting us."

Talking about the Enforcement Directorate serving notices to the opposition leaders, she said, "Anyone who is speaking against the government is getting ED notices. Such things are not good for the country and the constitution."

In the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the mid-way mark is 144. However, the current strength is 287 following the demise of one Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke of Mumbai.

Apart from the MVA and the BJP, there is a significant 29-strong group of MLAs who are independents or from smaller parties who have become important for both the ruling and opposition side.

The MVA strength is: Shiv Sena (55), NCP (53) and Congress (44), and with the support of smaller parties and independents, the ruling alliance commands around 169 legislators.

The BJP has 106, plus the support of smaller parties and independents giving a strength of around 114.

The political crisis in Maharashtra started when Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde, who has claimed the support of more than three dozen party MLAs, raised a banner of revolt against the Shiv Sena leadership.

The revolt in the Shiv Sena, which heads the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, has pushed the three-party ruling coalition, which also consists of the NCP and the Congress, into a deep crisis.

In a relief to rebel Shiv Sena lawmakers, the Supreme Court on Monday kept in abeyance the disqualification proceedings before the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly till July 11 and sought responses to pleas by rebel MLAs questioning the legality of notices seeking their disqualification.

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