Mumbai, March 24 -- After the Shiv Sena's youth group vandalised a comedy venue in Mumbai to protest against the alleged disparaging remarks made against Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra, Congress leader Nana Patole on Monday decried the lack of law and order in Maharashtra, claiming that industries and people are leaving the state "out of fear."

"There is no law and order in Maharashtra. People are leaving Maharashtra out of fear. The industries are leaving from here. The government urges that there should be peace in the state, but they are engaging in vandalism like this. They want to destroy Maharahstra," Patole told reporters in Mumbai.

The Congress leader's comments come amidst Shinde Sena's youth faction vandalising the Habitat comedy ...