Allies Fadnavis & Ajit Pawar engage in verbal war before BMC polls

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who are allies in the state's ruling Mahayuti alliance but are contesting separately in the BMC elections, have engaged in a verbal war. Pawar accused the BJP of corruption and misgovernance during its tenure of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC). "Ajit dada talks, I work," CM Fadnavis responded.