Maha Protem Speaker convenes assembly at 8 am

November 26, 2019 18:15

BJP MLA Kalidas Kolambkar takes oath as Protem Speaker at Raj Bhawan in Mumbai (see image alongside). The oath was administered by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Kolambkar says that the first session of the new assembly begins with administering oaths to MLAs from 8 am onwards.

With the alliance of the Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress likely to form government in Maharashtra, the BJP said on Tuesday that parties "rejected by people" in the Assembly polls have joined hands to "steal" popular mandate.

The BJP also rejected the opposition's criticism over its decision to form government despite lacking numbers, with its spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao saying it had done so in "good faith" after being assured of the NCP's support by its leader Ajit Pawar. Rao also had a swipe at his party's former ally Shiv Sena, saying its tally might not have not reached even double digit figures without the BJP's support but it "cynically" exploited post-election situation to sacrifice its ideology at the altar of power politics.

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