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Mumbai: Echoes of the ongoing political and legal battle between the two Shiv Sena factions are expected to be heard in the budget session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly beginning on Monday. Earlier, opposition parties Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) and Congress boycotted the ‘tea party’ organized by the government on Sunday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde hit out at the opposition over the boycott move, saying it was good that those with links to terrorist Dawood Ibrahim did not come forward.
Shinde was apparently referring to former state minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik, who is in jail after his arrest last year in a money laundering case linked to the activities of Dawood Ibrahim and his associates. The budget session will begin with newly appointed Governor Ramesh Bais’ first address in a joint session.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Finance Devendra Fadnavis will present the first budget of the Shinde-led government in Parliament on March 9. The Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) will try to steer the Shinde-BJP government on issues of public interest during this month-long session. The MVA consists of the NCP, the Congress and the Shiv Sena (the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction).