Maharashtra to celebrate December 25 as Good Governance Day

The Christmas holiday has not been cancelled, but the state has asked its employees to voluntarily conduct training programmes on the day on right to information, right to service, stress management, and ideas to run the government. However, Congress and NCP have objected to the celebration asking how Good Governance Day can be celebrated when the government is not functioning. They also said the decision would hurt religious sentiments.

Mantralaya, the seat of the state government, and government offices at the district level, would be expected to organise the programmes. Ridiculing the idea, Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said, “How can one celebrate Good Governance Day when the government is non-functional,” he said.