Mumbai, March 24 The opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress submitted a notice on Tuesday seeking the removal of Maharashtra legislative council's Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe, accusing her of misusing her power by ordering the suspension of an IPS officer.
The two opposition parties submitted the notice to the council chairman on the day Gorhe was given a farewell, as her term ends in May this year.
This is the second time that the Shiv Sena (UBT) has given a notice seeking Gorhe's removal, as she was initially aligned with the Uddhav Thackeray-led party after the Shiv Sena split in June 2022, but later switched sides and joined the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
On Monday, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab accused Gorhe of misusing her power by asking the government to suspend IPS officer and Satara Superintendent of Police (SP) Tushar Doshi over the commotion during the election of the Zilla Parishad (ZP) president last week.
During a discussion in the House on Monday, ministers Shambhuraj Desai (Shiv Sena) and Makarand Patil (NCP), along with other members of the two parties, demanded the suspension of Doshi. The two ministers alleged that the local police manhandled them during the poll held on Friday to elect the ZP president.
Gorhe then said, "I am directing the government to suspend the Satara SP and others who manhandled (voters and ministers)." She said the government should have initiated an investigation into the matter, but that has not happened due to some reasons.
The notice against Gorhe was signed by Shiv Sena (UBT) members Anil Parab, Sunil Shinde, and Sachin Ahir, along with Congress' Bhai Jagtap, Dhiraj Lingade, and independent MLC Sudhakar Adbale.
However, NCP (SP)'s Shashikant Shinde did not sign the notice. He had supported Gorhe's move to suspend the Satara SP.
The notice against Gorhe is more of a symbolic gesture, as the budget session of the Maharashtra legislature is concluding on Wednesday.
Gorhe's fourth term as a member of the legislative council ends in May.