Governor not bound by SC order, says BJP leader Vivekanand Gupta

BJP leader Vivekanand Gupta commenting on the floor test order by the governor said "The governor is not a respondent to the disqualification matter before the Supreme Court. Hence no order of Supreme court is binding on him.The governor being the Constitutional head is well within his rights to call for floor test, when MLAs have shown no confidence in the Government."

Earlier, this morning Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has sent letters to the Chief Minister's Office, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and the Vidhan Bhavan Secretariat. The state is extremely volatile. It is being reported in the media that 39 MLAs of Shiv Sena have withdrawn their support to Mahavikas Aghadi. Against this backdrop, independent MLAs have e-mailed, while the opposition BJP has written a letter claiming that the Mahavikas Alliance does not have a majority. The opposition tested the majority as soon as possible to avoid the horse market. According to media reports, a majority test is inevitable for the Chief Minister and he should prove his majority, the governor said in a letter sent to the Chief Minister by Koshyari.