The two-day winter session of Maharashtra, for the very first time in Mumbai and not in Nagpur from December 14, is probably to be a routine affair except for a war of words amongst the ruling and opposition on a couple of concerns. The Maha Vikas Aghadi government and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in distinct, seem to be confident to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is however to recover from its humiliating defeat in the state council election held in the graduates and teachers constituencies. MVA, which completed 1 year in workplace on November 28, plans to corner BJP on its repeated deadlines more than the fall of the government. Further, Thackeray and his deputy Ajit Pawar have hinted that a steady and robust government was prepared to counter the ‘demoralised’ BJP on any challenge for the duration of the two-day session.
Although the state government had spent pretty much eight months in combating the coronavirus pandemic, the ruling partners Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress, barring couple of exceptions, have remained united in spite of BJP’s repeated claim that the government will fall due to internal contradictions. However, Thackeray has clarified that he, in distinct, feels substantially more comfy in the enterprise of new allies, than BJP, which he claimed to be perverted. Similar bonhomie will be observed for the duration of the winter session to unite and checkmate BJP in each the homes of the state legislature.
On its element, BJP and other opposition parties are geared up to target the MVA government on a series of concerns, such as the transform in the Metro3 carshed to Kanjurmarg from Aarey Colony, COVID-19 crisis, restoration of Maratha reservation, OBC community’s warning against touching their quota and farmers crisis, in particular right after the current untimely rains and floods. Moreover, the Sushant Singh Rajput case, arrest of Arnab Goswami, Enforcement Directorate (ED) inquiry of Shiv Sena Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Pratap Sarnaik, relief to electrical energy shoppers who received inflated bills for the duration of lockdown and the introduction of Shakti Act to curb violence against females and young children will also come up for discussion.
Thackeray has currently clarified that the government was steady and robust, though leader of opposition Devendra Fdnavis has claimed that the government with ego and arrogance has failed on just about every front. A verbal duel amongst Thackeray and Fadnavis is anticipated.
However, the state government, which is struggling to revive the economy and bridge the gap amongst income and expenditure, will table supplementary demands. Already, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who holds the finance and arranging division, has mentioned the government has a month-to-month income shortfall of Rs 8,000 to 9,000 crore in spite of unlocking a lot of activities. Opposition proposes to expose the MVA government on its handling of the financial revival, even though the latter is prepared to swiftly pass the buck on to the Centre. The state government is however to obtain R 28,000 crore from the Centre towards Goods and Services Tax (GST) and other dues, though it has not got any substantial help for paying compensation to the villages hit by all-natural calamity.