Nagpur, Dec 14 (PTI) The Opposition on Sunday called the seven-day winter session of the Maharashtra legislature an “election jumla”, claiming that the government primarily focused on clearing Rs 75,000 crore in supplementary demands to distribute “revdis” ahead of the upcoming local body polls.

Many opposition leaders, including Bhaskar Jadhav of the Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress’ Vijay Wadettiwar and Satej Patil, and Jayant Patil from NCP (SP), expressed disappointment over what they described as the government’s failure to address key regional and policy issues.

The issues discussed during the winter session in Nagpur were more about Mumbai than Vidarbha, they said.

The first phase of elections to various local bodies was held on December 2. The schedule for polls to various civic bodies

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