India, March 29 -- For the opposition, the recently concluded budget just session can be summed up in two words - 'squandered opportunities'.

At the very beginning of the four-week session, the BJP-led Mahayuti government was on the defensive due to the Beed sarpanch murder scandal. This was followed by the embarrassing resignation of NCP minister Dhananjay Munde, quickly followed by allegations of corruption against key ministers, alongside the growing financial crisis plaguing the state's treasury.

Despite the artillery it was generously handed, it was a no-show from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Oddly enough, it was the ruling parties who turned their fire on each other, sometimes even occupying the space of the opposition ...