The Maharashtra government on Thursday presented supplementary demands worth ₹6,250.36 crore on the first day of the budget session of the legislature amid sloganeering from the Opposition MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who were demanding the ouster of Nawab Malik from the Cabinet who is arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case which involved gangster Dawood Ibrahim.
Leader of the Opposition Devendra Fadnavis asked why the Minister hasn’t yet been removed from the Cabinet despite his arrest. “He is accused of providing money to those who were involved in the bomb blasts in Mumbai. How can the Shiv Sena–ruled State government keep him within the government?” he asked. The BJP has already said it will disrupt the session if Mr. Malik is not removed from the Cabinet.
While the Opposition members continued with the protest inside, the treasury benches, who have already termed it as a conspiracy by the Central probe agencies, moved on with the business.
