Cong-NCP-Sena submit letters of support to Raj Bhavan, guv absent
November 25, 2019 12:54
In a major step to pre-empt the Centre's move that could involve imposition of President's rule again or dissolution of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in case the Devendra Fadnavis government fails to prove its majority in the house, a delegation of Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP has submitted letters of support of 160 MLAs to Raj Bhavan, as Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was not available.
"The 160 letters of support that has the signatures of all the MLAs has been submitted to the undersecretary to the governor as he was not available," Congress leader Ashok Chavan, who was part of the delegation told Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com.
"We have submitted the letters of support to the governor's office," he said even as he deflected the question if these letters were an effort to pre-empt the Centre's action leading to the dissolution of the House.
"We are not aware about that (Centre's intention) but we have submitted the letters of 160 MLAs along with their signatures and their affidavits have also been sent to the honourable Supreme Court," Chavan said soon after submitting the letters.
There are also letters from MLAs of smaller parties like the Samajwadi Party and Raju Shetti's Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna, Chavan said.
When asked if the delegation will try and meet the governor in person and submit these letters to him again, Chavan said, "That could happen but we have submitted the letters for now. The intention is to let the governor know that we have the majority and the letters of support is the proof."
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