Both Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs, Abu Asim Azmi (Mankhurd) and Rais Shaikh (Bhiwandi), and one of the two AIMIM MLAs, Shah Faruque Anwar (Dhule), in Maharashtra abstained from Voting in the election of the Speaker of the Assembly Sunday in protest against the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government’s decision to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts as Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv, respectively.
BJP’s candidate Rahul Narwekarsupported by the new chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena The disbanded group comfortably won the Speaker’s election in the 287-member House, securing 164 votes against 107 for MVA candidate and Sena MLA Rajan Salvi.
SP was earlier part of MVA whose Government’s attempt to change the names of two districts June 29 marked his last significant decision before falling. The move by SP and AIMIM not to vote in favor of the MVA candidate shocked many MVA leaders.
Later, in his speech in the House congratulating the newly-elected Speaker Narvekar, SP leader and MLA, Abu Asim Azmi, expressed displeasure over the MVA government’s last-minute decision to rename it, alleging that it was done “just because Gone because he was named. after the Muslims
“We are disappointed, that’s why we have not participated today. We supported MVA but I am disappointed that our respected CM Uddhav Thackeray left the post and changed the names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad. If the name change leads to development in the state and the country. I don’t mind if youth is getting employment and Maharashtra is progressing. He further said, “Instead of renaming old cities, create a new city, which is stopping you… There is a lot of space.” . Build a new city by the name of Balasaheb Thackeray… But what message are you sending by renaming cities with only Muslim names.
The tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb is located in Aurangabad, where AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi had recently gone to pay tribute, angering the local army unit. Chhatrapati Sambhaji was the son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who fought the Mughals.
with BJP Repeatedly ridiculing the “compromising stance” of the Uddhav-led army on Hindutva for the sake of power through the MVA alliance, and Shinde also cited this as the main reason for his rebellion, then CM Uddhav in his two districts. Decided to change the name of Last cabinet meeting.
talking to Indian Express After the speaker’s election, Azmi said, “We had extended our support to the Maha Vikas Aghadi because for the first time Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray had said that we would run a secular government with NCP and Congress under a common minimum agenda. We had helped them by keeping the BJP out of the government and without expecting any post in the government. But recently there was a contest as to whose Hindutva is real (between Shiv Sena and BJP),” he said, adding that the Congress and the MVA’s NCP have also kept silence on the issue. “Now they have also changed the names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad. When we are with him, he (MVA) should have discussed this with us.
Another SP MLA Raees Sheikh said, “We ran the government on the Common Minimum Programme, but in the last cabinet meeting, Shiv Sena ran it on the agenda of Hindutva. We have refrained from voting because BJP and Shiv Sena are now on the same page. We are with the MVA if Shiv Sena moves away from its current stand.”
AIMIM MLA from Malegaon Mohammad Ismail Abdul Khaliq was not present in the assembly on Sunday. He said, ‘I am leaving for Haj, so I did not go to the assembly. But my colleague avoided the election as it is the policy of the party. We were neutral in the formation of the MVA and are still neutral. His colleague Shah Farooq Anwar said, “We were upset by the renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad. Shiv Sena has shown its true face.