Shiv Sena MLA Sunil Prabhu, filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking to direct the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly to expeditiously decide the disqualification petitions against the rebel legislators led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Earlier, in May, the Supreme Court directed Rahul Narwekar, the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, to decide the fate of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs, including Eknath Shinde, who was accused of anti-party activities

In his plea, Sunil Prabhu said that though the Supreme Court in its May 11 judgment had asked the Speaker to decide the pending disqualification petitions within a reasonable period, no step was taken in this regard.

He said he had already submitted three representations to the Speaker, but to no avail.

Last year, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government consisting of Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was collapsed after a revolt against the party leadership by Eknath Shinde. On June 30, Eknath Shinde became the Maharashtra Chief Minister with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.