Devendra Fadnavis and Uddhav Thackeray

In the second week of the state's Budget Session, two words are going to define the direction it will go in — bargain and bait. After a first week washout, when the house reconvenes after four days, the BJP will go in with the knowledge that its ruling partner, at the behest of party chief Uddhav Thackeray, and in conjunction with Congress and the NCP, has threatened to stall proceedings over the demand for a Rs 22,000-crore loan waiver for farmers.