Ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the war between ex-Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his successor Eknath Shinde – over the legitimacy of the latter’s government – Thackeray strongman Sanjay Raut warned his one-time party colleagues, including Shinde, they’d be ‘finished’ if the top court ruled in the ex-CM’s favour.
“If the 16 MLAs, including CM Shinde, are disqualified today, then this group of traitors will be finished…” Raut said Thursday morning. On Wednesday he said the court’s decision would ‘decide whether there is democracy in the country… (if) judiciary is independent’.
“Supreme Court judgment will decide whether there is democracy… whether legislatures are functioning as per Constitution… judiciary is functioning independently. We are hopeful we will get justice. I am confident the Supreme Court is independent,” the Sena leader said.
