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Congress MLAs Ashok Chavan and Vijay Wadettiwar were absent from the House.

Eknath Shinde bags 164 votes

Eknath Shinde-led govt reaches the majority mark of 144 in the Maharashtra assembly, head count still going on.

Aaditya Thackeray has not reached the House yet.

Since Sunday, 2 Shiv Sena MLAs have switched sides.

Another MLA, Shyamsundar Shinde joined Eknath Shinde group just before the trust vote.

A process of head count in under way in the Maharashtra assembly

Speaker allows opposition's demand and begins the division of votes.

Trust vote was proposed by BJP's Sudhir Mungantiwar and Shiv Sena's Bharat Gogawale. After voice vote, on proposal of trust vote, opposition demands a division of vote.

Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray arrives in the House just minutes before the doors were to be locked for the head count.

Opposition has demanded a head count for the trust vote.

The second day of the special session of Maharashtra assembly begins.

Santosh Bangar had left with the Shinde faction of MLAs from the hotel this morning and arrived with them at the Assembly.

Another Shiv Sena MLA of Uddhav Thackeray faction, Santosh Bangar, has been seen with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and MLAs of his faction

Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena has moved the Supreme Court challenging the whip issued by new chief whip appointed by Eknath Shinde faction and the newly appointed speaker, contemplating issuance of disqualification notice to 16 MLAs who are with Thackeray.

In the trust vote, we may cross the numbers we got in the speaker election. Many other MLAs might feel like voting for this government because people are happy with it: BJP leader Praveen Darekar

Shiv Sena party office in the state assembly, which was locked on Sunday, has been unlocked now.

Shiv sena leader Sanjay Raut has said that Maharashtra is heading for mid-term polls. "I am in agreement with NCP chief Sharad Pawar on this," he said.