Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) A heated exchange broke out in the Maharashtra Assembly during the ongoing budget session on Tuesday between members of the ruling alliance following a “Calling Attention Motion” regarding the issue of bonuses for the state’s paddy farmers. Senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar took Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies, Yogesh Kadam, to task over the delay. Mungantiwar criticised Kadam, stating that ministers should come prepared with thorough studies rathe…
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Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) The month-long Budget session, starting February 23, is expected to be stormy with the opposition, Maha Vikas Aghadi, gearing up to challenge the Mahayuti government on several fronts. For the ruling Mahayuti alliance (BJP, Shiv Sena-Shinde, and NCP-Sunetra Pawar), the Budget session is a high-stakes exercise in maintaining political momentum especially in the wake of its stellar performance in the recently concluded local body elections while managing a significant leaders…
Nagpur, Jan 21 (IANS) Amid internal friction within the Congress following the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation elections, Congress Legislative Party leader in Maharashtra Assembly, Vijay Wadettiwar, on Wednesday said he was confident that the crisis would be resolved soon and that the party would secure the mayor’s post in the civic body.Responding to recent criticism by party MP Pratibha Dhanorkar, Wadettiwar addressed the controversy over ticket distribution and alleged that several corpora…