The Winter session of the state legislature in Nagpur which starts on December 16 will be different in many ways. There will be no questions asked, formally through advance submission, and only six ministers and the CM will face the Opposition. And, the duration of the sitting is expected to be just one week against the usual two weeks.

The oddity surfaced because the legislature couldn't take questions well in advance as the legislators were kept busy travelling or holed up in various places before the three-party government was formed. And then, incessant delay in allocation of portfolios to the six ministers and inadequate number of cabinet colleagues (the cabinet expansion has also been delayed) complicated the plan of conduct. For holding a session in Nagpur, the machinery needs to be shifted several days before the session takes off. It's like shifting the entire government for at least a month, in case a full-fledged sitting is held.