Opposition MLAs of Maharashtra held a protest outside the state assembly on Monday, alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti government had not provided funds for welfare schemes in the state in the budget.
State Congress President Jitu Patwari, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Umang Singhar, MLA Sachin Yadav and several other party workers participated in the protest, held at Rang Mahal square in the state capital. The crowd was heading to gheraoed the state assembly and the police used water can
Police have detained the workers of the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) and Bhim Army who had gathered to protest outside the state assembly in Lucknow over their various demands.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday appointed its Jharkhand unit president Babulal Marandi as the leader of its legislative party in the state assembly.
Mahayuti leaders, including BJP, NCP, and Shiv Sena, staged a protest outside the Maharashtra State Assembly against Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi for his remarks about Aurangzeb.
Karnataka minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has defended the government's proposal to install recliner chairs in the state assembly. Rao said that unnecessary criticism should not happen and added that this is being done with no bad intentions.
Speaking to ANI, NCP-SCP leader Jitendra Ahwad said, "The way Indians are facing injustice in America and they are being tied and deported, there is a problem of visas, no Indian is safe in America. We (government) are not speaking a single word about America."