The first day of the winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly began with an uproar by the opposition, with MLAs of the Mahavikas Aghadi holding placards protesting in the Vidhan Bhavan premises over the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute.
The opposition parties on Monday staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha as their demand to hold a debate over the recent clashes along the LAC between the Indian and Chinese forces at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh was disallowed.
A Suspension of Business Notice under Rule- 267 was moved by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha to discuss the Grant of 'Special Status' to Bihar.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama will move both the Bills in the afternoon. These Bills will be moved to the Upper House for consideration and return to the Lok Sabha where these have already been passed.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an opposition party in Jharkhand held a meeting ahead of the winter session of the Jharkhand Assembly beginning on Monday to chalk out strategies.
The opposition in the Maharashtra assembly will corner the Eknath Shinde government over the state losing investment projects and border row with Karnatak in the winter assembly scheduled to begin on December 19 in Nagpur, leader of the opposition Ajit Pawar said on Sunday.
The winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is likely to be stormy over the ongoing border dispute with the neighbouring state Karnataka and the issue of derogatory statements on great personalities.
Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Friday amid uproar as the Opposition's request to hold a discussion on the India-China border situation was disallowed by the chair.