Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar said on May 13 that it was not possible to hurry the process of deciding on a political party, the whip and the hearing of all the disqualification petitions, and that everyone had to be given a fair chance.
On May 11, the Supreme Court of India said that Mr. Narwekar’s decision of cancelling the approval of Ajay Choudhari (of Maha Vikas Aghadi) as the Leader of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party while authorising the appointment of Mr. Shinde, was “contrary to law”.
The court also directed Mr. Narwekar to recognise the whip and leader who are duly authorised by the Shiv Sena political party, and decide on the disqualification proceedings (by 16 members of the Legislative Assembly), within a “reasonable period”.
