The Maha Vikas Aghadi lacked coordination even as the alliance partners boycotted the swearing-in of MLAs on the first day of business of the Maharashtra Assembly’s special session. Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) legislators were already seated in the House before Congress convened a call for the boycott. It was also learnt that some Congress MLAs did not have any idea about the directive, supposedly issued by the state Congress president Nana Patole. Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) legislators exited the House upon receiving the message about the boycott.

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