Sena vs Sena: SC gave a ‘hammer blow’ to Speaker for delaying tactics, says Uddhav camp
The HinduAfter the Supreme Court on Friday rapped Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar yet again for procrastinating the hearing over the disqualification proceedings against the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena MLAs, the Opposition Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena said that the top court had exposed Mr. Narwekar’s “frivolous attitude” towards the law and the Constitution. Remarking that the time had come for the ruling Shinde government to go, Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that the SC had dealt Mr. Narwekar “a hammer blow” for his foot-dragging over the hearings on the disqualification petitions. Sena leader Anil Parab, who was present in Delhi today for the SC hearing, said that Mr. Narwekar had been dragging his foot on the matter for the last six months despite the SC already telling him clearly that he must adjudicate within a reasonable time frame. Last month, the Supreme Court had rebuked Mr. Narwekar for delaying the adjudication, while directing him to announce within a week the date for the ruling on the disqualification petitions filed by the Sena factions.