The Shiv Sena issued a statement to condemn the coliation of Eknath Sindhe’s party and the Bhartiya Janta Party, in its mouthpiece “Saamana”, following the Cabinet expansion.
The Saamana editorial said that it amounted to “murder of democracy and the constitution” and noted that the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a number of disqualification applications against various Shinde-camp parliamentarians on Thursday.
They also mocked Governor BS Koshyari, who sworn in the ministers on Tuesday.
“…but the governor has sworn in an illegal government 40 days ago and has insulted the constitution by giving oath to the ministers of this illegal government,” the editorial said. “It is the murder of democracy and the constitution to administer an oath to some of the legislators whose disqualification petitions are being heard by the Supreme Court. But such murderers have been let loose in the country and matters of state are being run through them. “
The Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut wrote an editorial in the mouthpiece opposing the idea that the “pleasure of the nine ministers who defected to the Eknath Shinde camp will be short-lived.”
The spokesperson added that the Maharashtrian people will “never forgive” the “defectors” for their “treachery.”
The state administration hasn’t yet responded to the development.