Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis reaches Vidhan Bhavan ahead for Maharashtra Budget Session 2026 in Mumbai on Monday. PIC/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) legislator Rohit Pawar speaks to the media at Vidhan Bhavan. He has again called for an independent and impartial inquiry into the death of his uncle and late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Ajit Pawar
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Bhaskar Jadhav greets media and fellow legislators. Jadhav has accused the ruling coalition of "arrogance" and deliberately weakening democratic processes by not facilitating LoP appointments in either House
Speaking in the legislature on Day 1 of the Budget Session, CM Devendra Fadnavis said Ajit Pawar was "the best CM the state never had". "Maharashtra has lost a towering leader and administrator," he said in a glowing tribute to Ajit Pawar
Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and Minister of State Yogesh Kadam arrive for the Budget Session. Speaking to the media on the eve of the session on Sunday, February 22, Shinde said that the Rs 30 lakh crore industrial agreements signed at Davos are expected to generate 40 to 50 lakh jobs. Infrastructure projects worth nearly Rs 1 lakh crore are currently underway in the state and the MMRDA has approved a budget of Rs 46,000 crore
Sunetra Pawar, who took oath as Maharashtra Deputy CM following the death of her husband Ajit Pawar, expressed confidence that the Budget to be presented this year by the CM will accelerate comprehensive development and ensure justice for all sections of society
Former minister Dhananjay Munde greets the media as he arrives at the Vidhan Bhavan for the Budget Session
In his joint address to both the Houses of the Maharashtra Legislature on Day 1 of the Budget Session on Monday, the governor began his speech in Marathi. He assured citizens that the government is firmly committed to resolving the long-standing Maharashtra–Karnataka border dispute
CM Fadnavis felicitates the Maharashtra Governor. During his address in the legislature, Governor Devvrat appreciated the steps taken by the government in the economic front and said that Maharashtra is moving steadily towards its goal of becoming a five-trillion-dollar economy by 2047 under the vision of ‘Viksit Maharashtra’.
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