India, Nov. 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has once again come under sharp attack from the Opposition after it fielded Vinod Gangane - an accused in a drug-related case and currently out on bail - as its candidate for the Tuljapur Municipal Council president post. The criticism comes barely weeks after the party formally inducted another drug-accused leader and former Tuljapur civic chief, Santosh Parmeshwar, triggering a political row.

Following the latest nomination, leaders from the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress questioned the BJP's decision and demanded accountability from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule, who had earlier written to the chief minister objecting to...