Soon after the Supreme Court rejected Maharashtra ruling MVA alliance’s petition seeking to stay on floor test in the state assembly, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in no time resigned from his position on Wednesday.
Mr Thackeray also resigned from the State Legislative Council along with Chief Minister’s post.
According to the sources, Uddhav Thackeray had already informed his cabinet ministers earlier in the day if the top court rejects the petition to stay on floor test then ge will resign from his position.
Declaring his resignation through a video address, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray thanked NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and Congress President Sonia Gandhi for their support.
“I want to express my gratitude to the people of NCP and Congress that they supported me. From Shiv Sena, Anil Parab, Subhash Desai and Aaditya Thackeray, these people were only present when the proposal was passed while NCP and Congress people also supported the proposal,” he said.
“Bad luck has struck our government,” said Mr Thackeray during declaration of his resignation.
Expressing his disappointment with the rebel group led by Eknath Shinde, Mr Thackeray said that he gave everything they needed.
Along with his sons Aaditya and Tejas, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray handed over his resignation to Governor Koshiyari around midnight. His resignation was accepted by the Governor.
