For the fourth time in the history of Maharashtra, the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature will be held in the State’s winter capital of Nagpur. Maharashtra Governor ch Vidyasagar Rao issued a directive convening the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature in Nagpur from July 4.
Official sources said here on Friday that the decision to shift the monsoon session of the State legislature was taken based on a recommendation by a State Cabinet committee headed by Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar. The Cabinet committee, appointed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deemed to it fit to shift to the monsoon session of the State legislature to facilitate the state government to undertake major repairs of the MlA hostel at Nariman Point in south Mumbai.
The budget and monsoon sessions are always held in Mumbai, while the winter sessions are held in Nagpur. As per the Nagpur Pact that was signed in September 1953, the government has been mandated to hold the winter sessions in Nagpur, while the budget and monsoon sessions are held in Mumbai.
