Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned for his post on Wednesday night, after the Supreme Court’s ruling to go ahead to floor test in Maharashtra Assembly on June 30^th, 2022.

Uddhav Thackeray resigned for his MLC seat and also for CM post, after a speech to the people of Maharashtra and Shiv Sainiks through his Facebook live on Wednesday night. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced that he is resigning from his post. He also announced his resignation as MLC too.

Uddhav Thackeray also expressed gratitude to NCP and Congress, allies in the coalition Government. I want to express my gratitude to the people of NCP and Congress that they supported me. From Shiv Sena, Anil Parab, Subhash Desai and Aaditya Thackeray, these people were only present when the proposal was passed while NCP and Congress people also supported the proposal, he said.

He also expressed to Maharashtra cabinet decisions taken earlier day. I am satisfied that we have officially renamed Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv the cities named by Balasaheb Thackeray, he said. The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave its go ahead for floor test in Maharashtra Assembly on Thursday as it refused to stay the State Governor’s decision which was challenged by Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu.

The court also issued notice on Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu’s plea and said that tomorrow’s floor test will be subject to the outcome of the present petition. The Court will hear his plea on July 11^th.

The Governor wrote to the State Assembly secretary to convene a special session of the State Assembly on June 30^th with the only agenda of a trust vote against CM Thackeray.