Maharashtra's Budget Session will commence from March 1. The state legislature’s business advisory committee meeting is scheduled on Thursday. Against the backdrop of the rise in Coronavirus cases in state, there has been discussion about the duration of the budget session.
However, the first week of work is scheduled for March 1 to March 8 and was discussed at a meeting of the state legislature’s business advisory committee on Thursday.A meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) will be held on February 25, after which a decision will be taken. Meanwhile, the state budget will be presented on March 8.
The duration of the session will be finalised in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting scheduled to be held on February 25.
Meanwhile state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has written to the state legislature secretariat that the election to the post of Speaker should be held in the Budget Session of the Assembly. Sources said the government would soon communicate to the Governor and also remind him about taking a decision on 12 vacant posts of the Upper House of the legislature.
In the first week of November, the Maharashtra cabinet recommended to Koshyari for approval 12 names as members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) through Governor quota. He has not taken any decision on it yet. The post of Assembly Speaker has fallen vacant following the resignation of Nana Patole, who has been given the responsibility of state Congress president.