Mumbai, May 11: Soon after the Supreme Court verdict, the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance on Thursday hailed the verdict as “a triumph of truth” which has ‘vindicated’ their stance as the state government now has got a stamp of approval.
Speaking to the media, a visibly relieved Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and a beaming Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said that all the doomsayers who predicted the downfall of the state government have been silenced by the SC judgement.
“We fully support the SC ruling… It was on expected lines. We are happy, our stand has been upheld by the highest court of the land,” the duo said, 11 months after they toppled the Maha Vikas Aghadi government headed by former CM Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022.
Shinde added that for all these months, the Opposition had been spreading canards that the government was illegal and unconstitutional and “would collapse anytime, but all their predictions were proved false”.
“The majority is important in a democracy and we enjoy the majority… There is a Constitution in this country and nobody can go beyond it, this is clear from the SC judgement. It is evident that the government we have established was within the laws,” Shinde pointed out. On the resignation of former CM Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde took a potshot saying he (Thackeray) knew that he had lost the majority and had no options but to quit his office.
“Those who adopted an unprincipled stand by breaking off with the BJP and joining hands with the Congress-NCP have no right to give lessons on ethics to others,” said Fadnavis sharply.
The Sena-BJP activists in Mumbai and other parts of the state erupted into celebrations, distributing sweets and congratulating each other after the much-awaited SC judgement was delivered this afternoon. (IANS)
