India, July 4 -- Amid the ongoing controversy over the assault of a shopkeeper by MNS workers, Maharashtra Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday ended his speech with "Jai Gujarat" though after raising the slogan "Jai Maharashtra".

Shinde, who was speaking at an event in Pune, lauded Home Minister Amit Shah and ended his speech with this sequence of slogans: "Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra, Jai Gujarat."

Shinde's remark received flak from the opposition with NCP (SP) leader Clyde Crasto, who targeted the deputy CM accusing him of being "greedy for power" as Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi belong to Gujarat.

But Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis defended Shinde. "Just because Shinde said 'Jai Gujarat', it doesn't mean that Shinde loves...