India, Oct. 25 -- Senior BJP leader and state revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has kicked up a controversy after claiming in a party meeting that the mobile phones and WhatsApp activities of BJP workers are under surveillance ahead of the upcoming local body elections. Demanding Bawankule's arrest, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut alleged that the phones of opposition leaders and ruling alliance partners too were being tapped by the BJP.

Addressing party workers in Bhandara on Thursday, Bawankule urged for unity and discipline within the party, and warned party workers that discontent over ticket distribution must not spill over into public forums or social media. "One wrong click can ruin the next five years," he warned. "One mis...