Uddhav Thackeray Resigns As Maharashtra CM During LIVE Address, Leaves MLC Seat Too

Uddhav Thackeray Resigns as Maharashtra CM

Uddhav Thackeray Resigns: Uddhav Thackeray has resigned as the Maharashtra Chief Minister. With Thackeray’s resignation, Maha Vikas Aghadi’s 2.5-year long-run in the State has ended paving way for the new BJP government to form likely under Devendra Fadnavis. The CM’s resignation letter was handed over to Governor BS Koshyari by Shiv Sena MLA Anil Parab, TV reports claimed. Thackeray’s decision to step down from the post comes as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government failed to get relief from the Supreme Court. For the unversed, the Supreme Court refused to stay Maharashtra Governor’s direction to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday.

Reacting to Thackeray’s resignation, his troubleshooter Sanjay Raut said, “We have lost a sensitive and cultured chief minister.” History tells us that the end of fraud is not good. Thackeray won, the people also won. This is the beginning of the grand victory of Shiv Sena. Let’s eat sticks. Let’s go to jail. But Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena Keep it burning!”

मुख्यमंत्री अत्यंत gracefully
पायउतार झाले.आपण एक संवेदनशील सुसंस्कृत मुख्यंमंत्री गमावला आहे.दगाबाजीचा अंत चांगला होत नाही असे इतिहास सांगतो. ठाकरे जिंकले जनमानस देखील जिंकले.शिवसेनेच्या भव्य विजयाची ही सुरुवात आहे.
लाठ्या खाऊ .तुरुंगात जाऊ.
पण बाळासाहेबांची शिवसेना
धगधगत ठेऊ! pic.twitter.com/smK6e3GKHa

— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) June 29, 2022

What Uddhav Thackeray Exactly Said in His Resignation Speech

• I had come (to power) in an unexpected manner and I am going out in a similar fashion.
• I am not going away forever, I will be here, and I will once again sit in Shiv Sena Bhawan.
• I will gather all my people. I am resigning as the CM & as an MLC.
• I am satisfied that we have officially renamed Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv – the cities named by Balasaheb Thackeray.
• I want to express my gratitude to the people of NCP and Congress that they supported me.
• From Shiv Sena, Anil Parab, Subhash Desai and Aaditya Thackeray, these people were only present. when the proposal was passed while NCP & Cong people also supported the proposal.
• “Let the rebels who grew politically because of Shiv Sena and Balasaheb Thackeray get joy and satisfaction of pulling down his son from the post of chief minister”.
• “I don’t want to get into the numbers’ game. It would be shameful for me to see if even one of my own party colleagues stands against me.”

Uddhav Thackeray Resigns. What Happened Earlier? 

Uddhav’s resignation was imminent a few hours before his actual resignation came when he expressed his gratitude to secretariat staff at the Mantralaya while leaving the office after the Cabinet meeting. If reports are to be believed, Thackeray had informed his cabinet colleagues about the decision to quit if the apex court refuses to rule in the government’s favour on the plea that challenges the Governor BS Koshyari’s floor test call.

Maharashtra governor Koshyari, a day after meeting Devendra Fadnavis, Leader of Opposition, had directed CM Thackeray to prove his majority in the Assembly on June 30, Thursday. For the unversed, Fadnavis had handed over a letter to Koshyari seeking a floor test at the earliest. “We have given a letter to the Governor, in which we have informed him that Shiv Sena’s 39 MLAs are saying that they are not with the Sena and they do not want to support the Maha Vikas Aghadi government,” Fadnavis told reporters after meeting the Governor.

Maharashtra Political Crisis: What Transpired in The Supreme Court

• The Supreme Court refused to stay Maharashtra Governor’s direction to the Uddhav Thackeray-led  government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday.
• A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala said Thursday’s proceeding in the Assembly will be subject to the final outcome of Shiv Sena’s plea against Governor’s decision.
• Supreme Court issued notice on Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu’s plea and said that tomorrow’s floor test will be subject to the outcome of the present petition.
• “We have drafted this short order. We are not staying the floor test as convened by the Governor. We are issuing notice in the writ petition. You can file a counter in five days. We will hear on merits along with other cases on July 11. Tomorrow’s proceeding will depend on the final outcome of this petition,” the bench said.

Last Cabinet Meeting of MVA Government

• Some big decisions were passed in the last cabinet meeting of the MVA government which took place in the state secretariat in south Mumbai.
• The government renamed two cities and one airport. While Aurangabad was renamed as Sambhajinagar,  Navi Mumbai airport will be named DB Patil.
• International Airport instead of Balasaheb Thackeray and Usmanabad will be renamed Dharashiv.