Speaking to newspersons on the eve of the two-day workshop for the newly elected MLAs and MPs of the party at a resort on the city outskirts from tomorrow, Rane assailed the government saying, ``it is only busy in allotment of residential accommodations, office cabins, and other facilities instead of getting down to serious work.''

Rane will inaugurate the workshop while party supremo Bal Thackeray will address the party's elected representatives at the valedictory session on Sunday.

``It seems that there is no government at all; absolutely no work has taken place in the one-month period since the government assumed charge,'' Rane quipped adding that the Congress and the NCP have come together only to grab power. ``We cannot expect any work from the present government as it is almost the same Congress government of the past,'' Rane said.

The government has charged that the State coffers are empty, but then why have a jumbo-size ministry, he questioned. In a sarcastic remark, he said: ``We built 55 flyovers, but the present government just made 55 ministers.'' He also said that it is NCP president Sharad Pawar who takes all the decisions of the present government.

The two-day workshop, he said, has been organised to train the newly elected members to collectively work as a responsible opposition party. As part of the workshop training, a mock session of the Assembly will be held on Sunday.