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.