Floor test in Maharashtra or not? Judgment of the Supreme Court at 9 p.m.

In Maharashtra's Rajya Sabha, the apex court reserved judgment after hearing the arguments of all parties late on Wednesday evening. After hearing the arguments of the three parties, the decision on whether to hold a floor test tomorrow will be taken by the Supreme Court late tonight.

This morning, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari announced the convening of a special session of the Legislative Assembly. The governor has made it clear that his agenda is a motion of no-confidence against the chief minister. Floor tests can be done by 5:00 pm on Thursday.

"The state of politics in the region is not particularly good," the governor wrote in the letter. The 39 Shiv Sena MLAs have already spoken of splitting from the Mahavikas Aghadi alliance. While 7 independent MLAs have also written a letter talking about withdrawing their support to the Uddhav government.

Some BJP and Independent MLAs had yesterday raised the demand for floor tesni.

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