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Madhya Pradeshone day beforeAuthor: Rajesh Sharma
The political chapter of the coup of the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh was also repeated in Maharashtra. In the year 2020, 22 MLAs along with Jyotiraditya Scindia rebelled against the Congress. Exactly the same revolt was done by the MLAs of Shiv Sena. MP MLAs were shifted from Bhopal to Bangalore. But there was a slight change in the strategy of fencing the MLAs in Maharashtra. Eknath Shinde camped in Surat with the MLAs, later the MLAs were shifted to Guwahati (Assam). In the matter of MP, former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh had managed to reach Bengaluru to meet the MLAs of the Scindia faction. This is the reason why the Shinde faction was shifted from one state to another.
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The way BJP took advantage of infighting in the Kamal Nath government of MP in the political game, in the same way Uddhav Thackeray also became a victim. Just as the reason for the rebellion of Jyotiraditya Scindia faction in Madhya Pradesh was said to be the closeness of former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh with Kamal Nath. Similarly, the dominance of MP Sanjay Raut over the Uddhav government became the reason for the rebellion of the Eknath Shinde faction. It is publicized in the political corridors of Maharashtra that Uddhav Thackeray did not meet the MLAs of his own party. Even before toppling the Kamal Nath government in MP, the pro-Scindia MLAs had alleged that they were not heard in the Kamal Nath government.
It is clear that in the political game of both the states, BJP remained behind the scenes till it was firmly convinced that now the carpet of power has been laid for it. The script of the political drama was prepared in such a way that in both the states the Chief Ministers were forced to resign before the floor test (the process of proving majority in the assembly). There is a lot in common between the political turmoil that took place in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, read this report.
dependency on a circle
The rebels also pointed to Thackeray’s reliance on a circle of party men who were tasked with making decisions. More powers were given to that congregation than the mass leaders of Shiv Sena like Shinde. The same was seen in MP during the 15-month government of Kamal Nath. Scindia had influence in Gwalior-Chambal. Despite this, he felt neglected in the decisions of the government.
Uddhav kept taking it lightly like Kamal Nath
Just as Kamal Nath took Scindia lightly, so did the rebellion that started with Shinde and a group of 20 Shiv Sena MLAs growing up. According to a minister supporting Scindia, he had no work in the Kamal Nath government. Digvijay Singh and his supporters used to get attention. This is the reason why Scindia had to come on the road against his own party. Like Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Shiv Sena in Maharashtra is also blaming the BJP for conspiracy.
Rebellion is such that the government does not survive
Like Madhya Pradesh, with complete planning, a blueprint was prepared to bring down the Uddhav government. When the Kamal Nath government was formed, the Congress itself had 114 seats. There was support of 7 more MLAs. The total number was 121. The majority figure is 116. BJP had 109 seats. 22 Congress MLAs rebelled and with this the fall of the government was decided. The same situation happened with the Uddhav government of Maharashtra. Shiv Sena’s strongman Eknath Shinde revolted with full planning. The process which started with 25 rebel MLAs reached 39 MLAs.
Uddhav’s same effort, which Kamal Nath did
To save his government, Uddhav Thackeray issued notices to the rebel MLAs through the Deputy Speaker. Kamal Nath did exactly the same thing two years ago. His attempt was to somehow get constitutional approval for the resignation of the rebel MLAs, so that the government could prove majority in the floor test, but they did not get relief from the Supreme Court. The same happened with the Uddhav government and the way was cleared for the formation of the BJP government.
Kamal Nath had to resign due to such a situation
After the resignation of 22 MLAs in Madhya Pradesh, the Governor had ordered the Kamal Nath government to conduct a floor test. The Kamal Nath government argued that the disqualification of the MLAs is pending with the speaker, so the governor cannot ask for the floor test, but the Supreme Court refused to stay the floor test. A similar incident was seen in the political drama of Maharashtra. Like Kamal Nath, Uddhav Thackeray also had to resign from the post of Chief Minister before the floor test.
Supreme Court has already said – floor test cannot be stopped
On 13 April 2020, Justice DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court, in Shivraj Singh v Speaker, held that the floor test cannot be stopped due to pending disqualification proceedings against the MLAs. The Supreme Court had also clarified that there was no need to stop the floor test as the Speaker had not decided on the resignation of MLAs and defection as per the 10th Schedule of the Constitution.
Shinde got the post of CM, Scindia was sent to the center
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who rebelled in the case of Madhya Pradesh, was sent to the Rajya Sabha and made a minister at the Center, while most of his supporters were made ministers. At the same time, Eknath Shinde, who rebelled in the case of Maharashtra, has been made the Chief Minister.
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