Pune, Jan. 3 -- Amid a political war of words ahead of the local body polls in Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, while reacting to the remarks of Union MoS Murlidhar Mohol, said on Saturday, that the Constitution grants every individual the right to express their views, while urging the media to recall certain past issues.

Speaking to reporters in Pune, Ajit Pawar said, "The Constitution has given him the right to speak. There is a person named Ghaywal (a Pune based gangster who is absconding he had been booked in multiple crime) look at how he went abroad. Also check the Jain Boarding land scam. I am not making any allegation, but I am reminding the media of this."

Pawar's remarks come amid heightened political exchanges b...