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The Supreme Court is set to deliver a Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde with deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis offered prayers at Ram Lalla Temple in Ayodhya on Sunday (Eknath Shinde Twitter/ANI)(HT_PRINT) It will decide whether Eknath Shinde remains the chief minister and whether his rebellion was illegal. In June last year, Shinde along with 39 MLAs rebelled against the Shiv Sena leadership resulting in the party’s split and collapse of the MVA government, which also comprised the NCP and Congress. Shinde later joined hands with the BJP to return as the CM after winning a floor test. The disqualification of the 16 rebel MLAs was then sought by Thackeray's faction. Along with Shinde, three cabinet ministers are also part of the 16 MLAs whose disqualification plea is before the top court. They were among the first batch of the total 40 MLAs who chose to switch to Shinde’s faction and camped out at a luxury hotel in BJP-ruled Assam. Read: Here’s the full list: Agriculture minister Abdul Sattar Public health minister Tanaji Sawant Horticulture minister Sandipan Bhumare MLAs: Mahesh Shinde (Koregaon) Prakash Surve (Magathane) Balaji Kinikar (Ambernath) Anil Babar from Khanapur in Sangli Sanjay Raimulkar (Mehekar - SC) Ramesh Bornare (Vaijapur) Balaji Kalyankar (Nanded North) Sanjay Shirsat (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar West) Yamini Jadhav (Byculla) Chimanrao Patil (Erandol) Bharat Gogawale (Mahad) Latabai Sonawane (Chopda - ST) Ahead of the ruling, Uddhav Balasaheb ...

Catch the latest updates on the Maharashtra political crisis: • Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat has written a letter to the Maharashtra CM, claiming that Eknath Shinde took the step of going against the party leadership as Sena MLAs, who faced "humiliation" for the last two-and-a-half years, persuaded him to do so. • He said that despite Shiv Sena having its own chief minister, the coterie around Thackeray never allowed them access to 'Varsha', the CM's official residence. Shinde is currently camping with some rebel MLAs in Assam's Guwahati city. • Meanwhile, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly's Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal on Thursday said he has approved the appointment of Ajay Choudhary as the Shiv Sena's group leader in the House, replacing Eknath Shinde. • The Shiv Sena on Tuesday removed Shinde as the party's group leader in the Assembly, hours after he revolted and travelled to Surat in Gujarat with some Shiv Sena MLAs. • Shinde had on Wednesday given a letter to the Assembly's deputy speaker, signed by 35 Sena MLAs, replacing Sunil Prabhu with Bharat Gogavale as the chief whip of the Shiv Sena legislature party. • Sena leader Sanjay Raut has claimed that they are in touch with 21 MLAs from the Eknath Shinde camp in Guwahati. “Twenty-one MLAs in Guwahati have contacted us and when they return to Mumbai, they will be with us," he said. • Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday held a party meeting amid political instability in the ruling Mah...

The rebel group led by Shinde will hold its Dussehra rally on Wednesday evening at the The Thackeray faction will hold its rally at the historic Shivaji Park in Dadar in central Mumbai, a venue associated with the Shiv Sena since its inception in 1966. Shinde and 39 other Sena legislators had rebelled against the party leadership in June, following which the Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government collapsed. On June 30, Shinde was sworn in as the CM along with Don’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.

• Mr Shinde's explosive move comes shortly after Team Uddav Thackeray fought back, filing disqualification applications for 12 rebels with the Deputy Speaker, which may help tweak the numbers in the Assembly in case of a trust vote. Eknath Shinde has argued that the application is illegal. • "Who are you trying to scare? We know your make-up and the law too! According to the 10th Schedule to the Constitution (Schedule) the whip is for assembly work, not for meeting. There are numerous Supreme Court decisions in this regard," tweeted Eknath Shinde. The Sena had threatened MLAs who skipped a legislature party meeting called by Uddhav Thackeray On Wednesday with disqualification. • Eknath Shinde has reached the critical number of MLAs, 37, required to split the party in the assembly without falling foul of the anti-defection law. His total strength is now 42. Two more MLAs, Dada Bhuse and Sanjay Rathore and one MLC, Ravibdra Fathak, had joined his team in Guwahati in the evening. • Earlier today, the Shiv Sena said it would consider exiting the Maharashtra alliance with Sharad Pawar's NCP and Congress but only if the rebels return "in 24 hours". • But what appeared a capitulation was accompanied by a threat. These MLAs who have left... they will find it difficult to return and move around in Maharashtra," Mr Raut had added. • The BJP has denied the accusation of engineering an "Operation Lotus" in Maharashtra. Videos from the Guwahati hotel where the rebels are staying, howev...