When it comes to calling a spade a spade, Congress leader Narayan Rane is always at his vocal best. One of the finest Opposition leaders in Maharashtra, before he joined the Vilasrao Deshmukh Cabinet a decade ago, Rane has assessed the performance of his party leaders in the Monsoon Session as dismal. He said the Opposition leaders sat through the session as if they were listening to a religious discourse and that despite having so much at their disposal to corner the BJP-led government, the Opposition benches, especially Congress legislators, could do little to trouble the BJP.

“If I were there, I would not have allowed the session to run,” Rane had said at a press conference when the session was in progress.