Mumbai:

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray left his ideology for power while his successor Eknath Shinde chose ideology over power, said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today, welcoming the Supreme Court order on last year’s Shiv Sena mutiny.

Eknath Shinde will not resign, he asserted after the Supreme Court refused to restore the Uddhav Thackeray government and that Mr Shinde was rightfully invited to form government after Mr Thackeray resigned.

The Speaker will decide on the disqualification of MLAs, the court also said.

The Election Commission in February recognised the Eknath Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena, paving its way to lay claim to the party’s name and bow-and-arrow election symbol.