M.P. Assembly’s Budget Session begins with uproar over Indore deaths during Governor’s address
Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel addresses the house on the first day of the budget session of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, in Bhopal, on February 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Budget Session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly witnessed a stormy opening on Monday (February 16, 2026) with the Opposition Congress MLAs creating an uproar during Governor Mangubhai Patel’s address over the recent diarrhoea outbreak in Indore due to government-supplied contaminated water that caused several deaths. Earlier, the day’s proceedings commenced with the singing of six stanzas of the national song Vande Matram in accordance with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs’ January 28 directive. On February 12, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav had welcomed the MHA’s move and said that the State will implement the directive. In the Assembly, the uproar began when Governor Patel was speaking about the government’s water related initiatives and schemes, and said highlighted a project to divert the Kanh river away from the Shipra river in Ujjain to prevent the latter from getting polluted. During this, …
