Maharashtra budget session to begin from March 3

The Maharashtra legislative assembly was prorogued on Saturday after the end of the winter session and the budget session of the Maharashtra legislature will commence in Mumbai on March 3 reported the PTIThe prorogation order issued by Maharashtra governor C P Radhakrishnan was read out by Speaker Rahul NarwekarThe sixday winter session witnessed uproar over Union Home Minister Amit Shahs remarks on B R Ambedkar violence in Parbhani city in central Maharashtra over the desecration of a replica of the Constitution and the murder of a sarpanch in BeedThe first session of the 15th assembly held after elections saw six sittings at an average attendance of 7290 per cent said NarwekarThe total duration of the assembly proceedings was 4626 hours with a daily sitting average of 744 hours Proceedings of only 10 minutes were wasted he saidThe speaker said 13 out of 15 reintroduced bills were passed in the assembly a bill was sent to the joint committee and another is pendingThe legislative council passed four bills as per the PTIThe speaker said five out of 78 newly elected MLAs were members of the legislative councilMaharashtra legislature session wasted as ministers sans portfolios kept mum OppositionMeanwhile the Opposition parties alleged on Saturday that the winter session of the Maharashtra legislature was held only for formality as ministers couldnt resolve issues of farmers and others in the absence of portfolios according to the PTIAddressing a press conference on the sixth and concluding day of the session in Nagpur the leader of the opposition in the legislative council Ambadas Danve said the government only highlighted old schemes and promises in the legislatureThough the Mahayuti government was formed 15 days back and the cabinet was also expanded portfolios are yet to be allocated This session saw ministers sitting in the legislature without ministries This session was just a formality Danve added as per the PTIHe said the government failed to reassure farmers workers and industriesReferring to violence in Parbhani city over the desecration of a replica of the Constitution the suspicious death of an accused in judicial custody the murder of a sarpanch in Beed and the attack on a Marathi family in Kalyan Danve said the government has failed to maintain law and orderThe main accused in the Beed incident is absconding even as people of Maharashtra know who is shielding him Danve said in an apparent reference to a minister from NCPHe alleged the government didnt announce measures to alleviate the plight of cotton soybean and paddy growersThe supplementary demands tabled in the session were meant for regular expenditure No money was allocated for carrying out development works The government announced irrigation projects for Vidarbha region but didnt release any funds Danve alleged the news agency reportedHe said the opposition parties raised issues like corruption in staterun MSRTC and the bogus medicines scamMaharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said the opposition raised issues concerning farmers inflation and deteriorating law and order during the sessionHe claimed that 65 per cent of newlyannointed ministers are taintedHe wondered whether the Parbhani incident was state sponsoredThe chief ministers reply in the legislatures gave the impression that he was shielding the accused in the Beed and Parbhani incidents He sounded like their counsel the Congress leader alleged the PTI reportedThe government had said it would announce a loan waiver for farmers but didnt keep its word Patole saidwith PTI inputs