Even as it faces a high-pitched demand for sacking its minister Nawab Malik, the MVA government’s troubles increased after the Supreme Court rejected its interim report for providing political reservation to the other backward classes (OBC) in the local body elections, on Thursday, the first day of the budget session.

The BJP-led opposition launched a multi-pronged attack on the Uddhav Thackeray government. It criticised the MVA for insulting the Governor who left without completing his address to the both houses. Opposition leader in the Assembly, Devendra Fadnavis, demanded from CM Thackeray that the minority affairs minister Nawab Malik, who faces money laundering charges and is allegedly having links with most wanted Dawood Ibrahim, be sacked immediately. The opposition staged a protest outside for the same demand and will take out a protest morcha in Mumbai on March 8 or 9 to press for it during the four-week session.