M.P. Assembly’s Budget Session begins with uproar over Indore deaths during Governor’s address

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.