Mumbai, March 17 -- Amid the demands by Sangh Parivar organisations to remove Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's tomb, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) or NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Monday said that they are "distracting" people from real issues as the Mahayuti government has failed to address problems being faced by farmers and youth in Maharashtra.

"Now suddenly when the government is not performing, not talking sense and not addressing issues related to youth and farmers, they (Bajrang Dal and allied forces) are trying to distract people from the real issues," Pawar told ANI.

Invoking the controversy sparked by controversial remarks against Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Pawar alleged that many Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lea...