Pune, Jan. 13 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded to Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar's repeated corruption allegations in the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), stating that the Deputy CM did not uphold the commitment of a "friendly contest."

Speaking to reporters in Pune, Devendra Fadnavis described a pact among the Mahayuti parties of not making personal attacks against each other, as Ajit Pawar, while being part of the ruling alliance in the state, decided to break away from the BJP and Shiv Sena for the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad local body polls and contest by allying with his uncle Sharad Pawar's NCP.

Ajit Pawar, who is also the guardian minister of Pune district, told ANI that the loca...