Apart from the statistical facts about Maharashtra's worrisome financial condition, which emerged in the latest state assembly session, the other reality that emerged in the past two weeks in the state was how ineffective the opposition parties are now in the state's political climate and how they are unable to raise important issues in a period when the state is facing so many problems and the masses are suffering on various accounts. The question being asked by many observers is whether the opposition parties are totally ineffective and have perhaps surrendered to the ruling Mahayuti coalition in the state.

Lacklustre assembly session raises concerns

The budget session of the Maharashtra assembly started at the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai two weeks ago, and one can say that it was one of the most lacklustre assembly sessions, which saw absolutely no action and, naturally, no reflection in the regional media, leave aside the national media! Maharashtra is India's richest state and the most industrialised and urbanised one at that, contributing over 35% of the total Goods and Services Tax, or the GST, collected nationally.

Traditionally, not just the regional media but the national media also has constantly covered issues presented in Mumbai during the........

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