New Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Secures Big Win As Proves Majority In Floor Test

Mr. Eknath Shinde, the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, marked a big victory, after he proved the majority in the floor test, and formed his Government in the State.

On the 4th of July, Monday, the floor test was held in the Assembly, to prove the majority for the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party, with the support of 39 Shiv Sena Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs.) In the floor test, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackery lost against the incumbent Chief Minister Mr. Eknath Shinde.

According to sources, Mr. Eknath Shinde won with a margin of 164-99 votes in the floor test. Furthermore, the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, which supported the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA,) also voted in favor of the Shinde Government.

Besides 39 MLAs, two MLAs of the Uddhav Thackeray camp, Mr. Santosh Bangar and Mr. Shyamsundar Shinde also joined the Shinde faction just before the trust vote.

Soon after the floor test, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “I am thankful to the MLAs for their massive support to the Shinde government. Shinde is a loyal Shiv Sainik. He is loyal to Balasaheb’s ideology.”

Notably, to win the floor test, one should prove a majority mark of 144 votes, of the total Maharashtra Assembly strength which is 287. Furthermore, the BJP has 106 MLAs in favor, whereas Mr. Eknath Shinde has the support of 39 Shiv Sena MLAs and over 15 independent MLAs.

With this, Eknath Shinde-BJP is the new government of Maharashtra, after the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government collapsed.