Yesterday, this paper carried a front page report about how an already broke Maharashtra treasury shall be depleted further, as the BJP has made up its mind to organise an opulent swearing-in ceremony for the new Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, and his top cabinet ministers at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday, October 31.

The report states that the state protocol department is struggling to meet the demands of the party and is taken aback that there have been demands that would require a breach of protocol. Importantly, the mammoth scale of the event is going to make a dent in the State funds as it is going to cost a few crores, at a time when the state is overburdened with a loan of nearly Rs 3 lakh crore, according to an official.