India, March 19 -- Just as the cold war between chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde seemed to have cooled, the BJP fired another salvo at the Shiv Sena chief.

BJP members in the legislative council on Tuesday alleged corruption in the contract for the construction of the coastal road in Thane, adding that the alleged corruption had pushed up the project cost by Rs.1,411 crore in just three years. They also demanded that the contract be probed by a Special Investigation Team (SIT).

The project had been approved when Shinde was chief minister and also headed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in his capacity as urban development minister. Moreover, the project relates to Shind...