With chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in New Delhi, revenue minister Eknath Khadse spoke on his behalf, saying that it was the opposition that didn't want discussion on farmers' issues, considering its repeated boycotting of the House.
The state assembly was adjourned twice amidst pandemonium during question hour after which the opposition parties' MLAs staged a walkout, boycotting the House proceedings for the entire day. It was for the third consecutive day that the state assembly completed business in the Lower House without any member from the opposition present.
While the opposition stuck to its demand of complete loan waiver to farmers in the state, treasury benches maintained their stand of exploring other ways to provide relief to farmers. The opposition also continued its bizarre methods of protesting against the government outside the House, this time by performing bhajans, ridiculing the state for being insensitive to farmers' issues.
Soon after the House began business at 11am, the opposition brought out the issue of mill workers' protest march and their long-pending demand of having their own homes. NCP MLA and leader in the House Jayant Patil said the state government has done nothing for the mill workers' demand. Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil alleged that the government was insensitive to farmers.
With chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in New Delhi, revenue minister Eknath Khadse spoke on his behalf, saying that it was the opposition that didn't want discussion on farmers' issues, considering its repeated boycotting of the House. This led to pandemonium, with opposition MLAs shouting slogans and presiding officer Haribhau Bagade adjourning the House for 10 minutes.
Even after proceedings resumed, opposition MLAs continued objecting to Khadse's statement and many rushed to the Well, a move that was retaliated by the treasury bench MLAs. Protem speaker Chainsukh Sancheti again had to adjourn the House and Vikhe-Patil announced that the opposition would not attend unless the government announced complete loan waiver to farmers.
A normal day?
The House could come to normalcy on Thursday as a proposal from the opposition is scheduled to be taken up. There is possibility that the opposition will press for complete loan waiver again inside the House, but with proper legislative instruments, so that the government can discuss the issue on the floor of the House. With both treasury benches and opposition present, the Lower House is likely to see business on Thursday.
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