Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 15 : The swearing-in ceremony of seven MLCs appointed by the Governor will be held at Vidhan Bhavan at noon on Tuesday. Deputy Chairperson of Maharashtra Legislative Council Neelam Gorhe will administer the oath.
The case is pending in the High Court regarding the vacant posts of 12 MLCs appointed by the Governor, the High Court has completed the hearing on the petition of Shiv Sena UBT Kolhapur chief Sunil Modi and has reserved the order.
Now the government has recommended the names of seven people for these appointments and the swearing-in ceremony will be held today.
Earlier on Monday, the first phase of the Maharashtra BJP core group meeting concluded, and discussions took place on the seats of the sitting MLAs.
The meeting of the BJP Maharashtra core group that lasted for about 3 hours was held at the BJP headquarters. Seat sharing was discussed at the BJP headquarters under the leadership of National President Jagat Prakash Nadda.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, State President Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Chandrakant Patil, Raosaheb Danve, Muralidhar Mohol, Vinod Tawde, Ashish Shelar, Pankaja Munde, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Mangal Prabhat Lodha were present in the meeting.
At the same time, from the central leadership, Home Minister Amit Shah, Ashwini Vaishnav, Bhupendra Yadav, Piyush Goyal and Organization General Secretary B. L Santosh were also present.
The 288 seats Maharashtra Assembly will go to polls later this year. The Election Commission of India is expected to announce the dates for the assembly polls on Tuesday. .
The upcoming Maharashtra election will see a contest between the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition, comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar faction), and Congress, and the Maha Yuti Alliance, which includes the BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), and NCP (Ajit Pawar faction).