Overview
- Opposition parties announced they will skip the customary tea on the eve of the winter session, calling the delay in appointing Leaders of Opposition anti-constitutional.
- The legislature’s winter session is scheduled in Nagpur from December 8 to 14 with the Opposition set to press the issue on the floor.
- Uddhav Thackeray demanded immediate appointments in both Houses and said if rules are cited to avoid it, the non-constitutional Deputy Chief Minister posts should go, adding the Opposition may move court.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) has nominated Bhaskar Jadhav for the Assembly post, while Congress has proposed Satej (Bunty) Patil for the Council after Ambadas Danve’s term ended in August.
- Thackeray urged judicial scrutiny of alleged voter-roll anomalies as the Supreme Court has ordered all local-body elections in Maharashtra to be held by January 31, 2026.