A meeting of the business advisory committee for the legislative assembly and council was held at Vidhan Bhavan here on Sunday to discuss the proceedings of the upcoming session.
The Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2024, is based on the Model Prisons Bill, 2023, sent by the Centre to the states, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the House.
The banner, which had the name `Nathuram Hindu Mahasabha’ along with pictures of Godse as well as V D Savarkar and a `registration number’ was later removed by police.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis termed the bill a historic legislation, adding Maharashtra is the first state to have such a law.
Addressing a press conference on Sunday ahead of the winter session of the state legislature beginning Monday, Fadnavis said a bill in this regard will be introduced.
The apex court delivered its verdict on the pleas filed by the 12 BJP MLAs, who had challenged their one-year suspension from the state assembly for allegedly misbehaving with the presiding officer.
The issue came up in the Question Hour after BJP legislator Randhir Savarkar and others wondered how CCTV cameras procured by the Akola ZP for Rs 30,000 per piece could be bought by him for only Rs 5,000.
The proposal was passed unanimously by the Lower House, making Maharashtra the ninth state to ratify the GST bill, billed as the biggest tax reform since Independence.
The minister has sought an "explanation" from the secretary on issues like inability to bring down the dal prices, not bringing the stocks of seized dal in the market at the earliest after the raids, for taking action against go-down owners instead of hoarders.
The Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly today said that as per the latest report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), ten ministers were directly or indirectly responsible for irregularities involving institutions run by them or their kin causing losses to the state exchequer.
The opposition today disrupted the proceedings in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, demanding installation of a statue of Shivaji off Mumbai coast as per the original plans.