MLAs disqualification row: Ahead of hearing in SC, Maharashtra Speaker Narwekar heads to Delhi

Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Sunday left for New Delhi where he is scheduled to attend a couple of meetings, including one with Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

Notably, the Supreme Court on October 17 granted Narwekar a final opportunity to give it a realistic time-frame for deciding the cross-petitions filed by rival factions of the Shiv Sena seeking disqualification of each other’s MLAs following a split in the party.

The apex court said the disqualification petitions have to be adjudicated expeditiously and posted the matter for hearing on October 30.