Shiv Sena (UBT) legislators met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday and sought a copy of the demands submitted by the six rebels, who recently joined the Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
After the meeting, Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs Anil Desai and Arvind Sawant told reporters that they had requested the Speaker to “uphold the provisions of the Constitution” and sought a copy of the rebels’ demands.
The Speaker had told them he had not received anything in writing from the rebel MPs, and the Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs emphasized that the Tenth Schedule is clear: “Any group of a legislature party cannot merge into some other party on its own, even if they have a two-thirds majority”.
The Speaker is set to decide another similar case involving dissident 20 Trinamool Congress MPs who wanted to merge with the NCPI.
Of the nine Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MPs, six crossed over to the Shiv Sena led by Shinde.
The Speaker is expected to take a decision after consulting experts and considering the two cases from a legal perspective.
