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Senior Shiv Sena (UBT) person Bhaskar Jadhav said the Opposition would boycott the customary beverage enactment hosted by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis connected Sunday (February 22, 2026) connected the eve of the Maharashtra legislature’s Budget Session.
CM Fadnavis had personally written to elder members inviting them to the event, which is simply a contented connected the eve of a league of the legislature, Mr. Jadhav added.
“The ruling enactment is arrogant and shows small respect towards the Opposition. Since determination is nary respect, nary decency and nary respect for the Constitution, we person decided to diminution the precocious beverage invitation,” Mr. Jadhav told reporters.
He besides slammed the commercialized woody betwixt India and the United States, claiming it would adversely impact fabric growers and fisherfolk from the State.
However, the Mr. Fadnavis Government has expressed nary regret implicit the Union Government’s decision; therefore, it was decided to boycott the precocious beverage invitation, the Shiv Sena (UBT) person added.
Mr. Jadhav said different crushed for the Opposition to diminution the invitation was owed to the Maharashtra Government’s “ambiguous stand” connected the decease of Ajit Pawar successful a level accident.
He besides slammed the State Government implicit the execution of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme, claiming that earlier the 2024 Assembly elections, it had disbursed ₹1,500 per period to women without immoderate verification and “bought votes”, and aboriginal declared much than 50 lakh women ineligible connected trivial grounds.
And now, galore women volition not person the allowance due to the fact that they person not completed e-KYC, helium said.
Congress legislative enactment person Vijay Wadettiwar said 22 farmers had died by termination successful Yavatmal, portion 76 had ended their lives successful the Marathwada region, alleging that the State Government had done thing astir it.
He besides criticised the State Government implicit the memoranda of knowing signed astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos, pointing retired that galore of the companies were located successful Maharashtra itself, and immoderate did not person capable capital.
The Opposition volition request a achromatic insubstantial connected the matter, helium said.
He besides questioned why, if specified ample investments were coming to Maharashtra, the authorities could not summation the monthly stipend of the Ladki Bahin strategy funds from ₹1,500 to ₹3,000.
“Since December, Maharashtra had sought ₹29,000 crore from the Union Government but had not yet received it,” helium said, alleging that Gujarat received favourable attraction implicit Maharashtra.
The Congress person claimed that astir 600 acres of onshore adjacent Nagpur, classified arsenic reserved wood land, had been fixed to the Adani Group connected lease astatine ₹1 lakh per acre and alleged that the authorities had besides permitted a mining task adjacent to the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.
“When the Maha Vikas Aghadi was successful power, it had opposed the determination and did not assistance permission,” helium said.
He besides claimed that 1,57,000 women and girls were missing successful Maharashtra.
Satej Patil, person of the Congress successful the legislative council, stated that astir 70 lakh youths had registered themselves arsenic unemployed successful the State.
He besides criticised the ₹1.02 lakh crore Shaktipeeth Mahamarg project, saying it was unnecessary and that cipher had asked for it, yet the State was pushing it.
Mr. Patil besides alleged that a raid connected Minister Narhari Zirwal’s bureau successful Mantralaya could not person taken spot without the consent of CM Fadnavis.
“If Fadnavis earnestly wished to amended the State’s image, helium should person sought Zirwal’s resignation,” Mr. Patil said, adding that if the Anti-Corruption Bureau successful Maharashtra is genuinely autonomous and nether nary pressure, Opposition leaders would honour its officials.
