Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government wins trust vote

Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has won a majority by getting 164 votes in favour during trust vote in the Maharashtra Assembly today crossing the majority mark of 144 votes.

The development comes after a high-voltage political crisis in the state where a new government led by rebel Shiv Sena MLA Shinde came to power toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime.

Earlier on Sunday evening, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with his faction of Shiv Sena MLAs, held a meeting with Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, BJP MLAs, and other party leaders at a hotel in Mumbai to chalk out a strategy for the floor test.


Further, Fadnavis also claimed that the Shinde government will prove its majority with 166 votes on the floor test.

"The youngest speaker candidate won the speaker election with 164 votes today as 2 MLAs couldn't come due to health issues. We would prove our majority with 166 votes in the vote of confidence," he said earlier.