The congress took the move following the suspension of former minister and Congress MLA Jitu Patwari from the house for the entire ongoing budget session. Speaker Girish Gautam on Thursday suspended Patwari for allegedly sharing false information in the house on Thursday.
Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday claimed that 20-25 Opposition MLAs will go with the ruling alliance of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena and the BJP if the no-confidence motion against the Speaker tabled in the Assembly comes to a vote.
Maharashtra Assembly Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Thursday denied having any information regarding the Maha Vikas Aghadi legislators seeking to move a 'No-confidence motion' against Speaker Rahul Narvekar and said that he is not aware of any such developments.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the erstwhile ruling alliance in Maharashtra between the Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), on Thursday moved a 'No Confidence Motion' against Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar.
The opposition leaders headed by PML-N chief Tahir Khalil Sindhu reached Punjab Assembly to withdraw their no-confidence motion submitted on Monday, citing that the Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman's notification to remove Elahi as chief minister yesterday made the notice "infructuous".
The Pakistan interior minister alleged that Imran Khan "will try to find an excuse that some no-confidence motion appears or a direction from the governor arrives" so Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi could "have an excuse" to continue his tenure.
As per the source, Under operation Gram panchayat, the members of Devaragudda Gram panchayat of Ranebennur Taluk, arrived by plane to present the no-confidence motion against the current panchayat president.
While giving an interview with a Pakistani private channel, Imran Khan said, "If they are ready for elections by the end of March, then we won't dissolve the assemblies. Otherwise, we want to conduct polls by dissolving the KP and Punjab assemblies."
The statement comes days after PTI chairman Imran Khan announced plans to "quit the corrupt system and leave all the assemblies". However, the PTI has yet to announce a date for the dissolution of assemblies in Punjab and KP, where the PTI is in power.