Mumbai, Jul 28 (PTI) The monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature will start from September 7 and not from August 3 as earlier scheduled, an official said on Tuesday.

The decision was made after the business advisory committee, comprising representatives of ruling and opposition parties, held a meeting in Mumbai.

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"The monsoon session of the state legislature will now be held from September 7. It was to start from August 3. The decision to hold it from September 7 was taken due to the coronavirus outbreak," he said.

It was originally scheduled for June 22 which then got pushed back to August 3 and now to September 7.

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Incidentally, the Budget session of the Assembly and Council held in March was also curtailed from scheduled four weeks to three weeks.

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