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Maharashtra Winter Session Opens With LoP Posts Vacant as Opposition Boycotts Pre-Session Tea

Both Houses begin without Opposition leaders, prompting an MVA tea-boycott on the eve of the session.

Nagpur: Preparations underway for the Maharashtra Assembly Winter session, at Vidhan Bhavan in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_04_2025_000550B) (PTI)
The chief minister and his deputy have given public assurances that they will follow the party high command’s guidance on the leadership question. (PTI)
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Overview

  • The week-long sitting in Nagpur runs December 8–14, with the Mahayuti government set to table 18 bills and push financial business.
  • The MVA protests the unfilled Leader of Opposition posts in the Assembly and Council, citing past precedents of recognition below the 10% threshold.
  • Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis says the Speaker and Council Chairman will decide on LoP recognition and labels the Opposition rudderless.
  • The government claims nearly 90 lakh affected farmers—about 92%—have received relief, while the Opposition demands a ‘wet drought’ declaration and a comprehensive loan waiver, arguing the Rs 32,000-crore package falls short.
  • Opposition leaders plan to press allegations of electoral mismanagement in local body polls, pointing to postponements in 12 districts and a 19-day EVM storage gap before counting, even as the government cites poll code constraints for the short session.