Mumbai, July 8 -- In a scathing rebuke to the state administration, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar expressed utter displeasure on Wednesday over the total absence of ministers and secretaries during a crucial discussion in the legislative assembly.
The incident occurred during a debate under Rule 293, when Speaker Narwekar noticed that the treasury benches were entirely empty, with not a single minister or senior bureaucrat present to represent the government.
Visibly agitated by the lack of governance, the Speaker launched a blistering critique of the bureaucratic indifference. "The government pays salaries to 110 secretaries. Can't even four of them be present in the House?" he questioned, emphasizing the gravity of the ove...