Earlier in the morning, the Opposition Congress and NCP members led by leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Radhakrishna VikhePatil, his counterpart in the upper house Dhananjay Munde and former deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar staged a protest on the stairs leading to the State legislature against the State Governments failure to tackle severe drought conditions and allegations of irregularities against Ministers
यावेळी विधानसभेचे विरोधी पक्षनेते राधाकृष्‍ण विखे-पाटील, विधान परिषदेचे विरोधी पक्षनेते धनंजय मुंडे, विधानसभा अध्यक्ष हारिभाऊ बागडे माजी उपमुख्यमंत्री अजित पवार यांच्यासह सत्‍ताधारी आणि विरोधी पक्षातील सर्व नेत्‍यांनी सामुहिक गीतोचे गायन केले.