Mumbai, July 4 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday defended his Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's "Jai Gujarat" remarks and said that creating ruckus over the issue was unnecessary.

He recalled the time when Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar had raised the slogan "Jai Maharashtra, Jai Karnataka" during the unveiling of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in the neighbouring state. Fadnavis added that all leaders speak what people like while keeping in mind the place they visit.

He said that Shinde was speaking among the Gujarati community, and thus, there was no need to create a ruckus over it. "If someone is questioning Shinde's love for Maharashtra because of this, then the person is thinkin...