Updated On: 10 February, 2026 10:30 PM IST | Mumbai | Sanjeev Shivadekar
Mid-Day was the first to report that CM Fadnavis would present the budget due to Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash near Baramati in Pune district of Maharashtra last month

CM Fadnavis will present the Maharashtra Budget 2026. File Pic
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will present the Maharashtra Budget 2026 on March 6 as the session is scheduled to begin on February 23, officials said on Tuesday.
"CM Fadnavis will present the budget in the assembly following the demise of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who was holding the finance portfolio," said an official.