The legislature’s proceedings were stalled on Wednesday over the Maratha quota issue. The ruling party demanded answers from the Opposition for skipping an all-party meeting that was held Tuesday to find a resolution to the Maratha-OBC quota crisis. The Mahayuti’s Maratha and OBC MLAs alleged that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners were politicising the issue instead of helping the ceasefire attempts.

The ruckus led to the adjournment of the Assembly four times before Speaker Rahul Narwekar called it a day early afternoon. However, before closing, the government passed supplementary demands and a couple of bills amidst slogan shouting. The Upper House was equally chaotic. It stopped working when the members of both sides argued over the boycott and left their seats to stand in the well. Deputy chairperson Neelam Gorhe called in the marshals but had to end the day’s business before the security staff could come in.