The opposition party had also boycotted the traditional tea party organised before the assembly session starts

There have been heated debates in the assembly session over the Maratha quota protest and activist Manoj Jarange, who is leading the protest

On Tuesday, assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar directed the government to set up an Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe Jarange's remarks against Fadnavis. The Maratha activist had alleged that Fadnavis was trying to kill him

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had raised questions about Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange's motives, and wondered "who was behind" Jarange's recent diatribe against the government

NCP founder Sharad Pawar, had termed as "childish" BJP's allegations that he was behind Jarange's controversial statement

BJP MLA Ashish Shelar on Thursday told the Maharashtra assembly that no one had accused Sharad Pawar of being behind the threats issued by quota activist Manoj Jarange against Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

The issue came up for discussion in the House when Leader of Opposition Vijay Wadettiwar said it was against the rules to take anyone's name using the point of information clause without giving a notice

Shelar said BJP supported Jarange throughout his agitation, but now it appears that the agitation has turned political