However, Narwekar did not disqualify legislators from either of the two rival factions. In June 2022, Shinde, who was a minister in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition led by Thackeray, walked out with 39 MLAs, leading to the fall of that government. Shinde took over as CM in an alliance with the BJP. The two Sena groups had filed 24 petitions before the Speaker in 2022, each seeking disqualification of the other. In December 2023, the Supreme Court had asked Narwekar to decide on the petitions by January 10, 2024.
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