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Shinde, with 12 of the 19 Lok Sabha members from Shiv Sena by his side, had named Shewale as the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha and Bhawana Gawale as the chief whip. The Speaker had approved these names.
The CJI-led bench on July 11 had granted interim relief to the Uddhav Thackeray faction MLAs by asking Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar not to proceed with the plea seeking their disqualification.
The MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla a day after the party's floor leader, Vinayak Raut, gave a letter requesting him not to entertain any representation from the rival faction.
He said the Sena is announcing support for Murmu without any pressure.
The Thackeray faction has been filing several pleas in the top court after the rebel Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde formed a coalition with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the government in the state.
Rahul Narvekar of the BJP was on Sunday elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly during the first day of its special session.
Maharashtra speaker Rahul Narvekar reinstated Shinde as the Shiv Sena's legislative party leader and also recognised the appointment of Bharat Gogawale from the Shinde camp as its chief whip.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 11 the plea of Shiv Sena chief whip Sunil Prabhu seeking suspension from assembly of Shinde and 15 rebel MLAs against whom disqualification pleas are pending.
He also asked what BJP gained when it doesn't have its own chief minister even for the rest of the term.
Heavy police force was deployed outside the central agency's office as a large number of Shiv Sena workers were present at the spot.
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