India, May 30 -- In yet another political battle between the Shiv Sena and the BJP, transport minister and Shiv Sena legislator Pratap Sarnaik has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, demanding that an inquiry be conducted into allegations levelled by a BJP leader against him and that the report be made public. Meanwhile, a Shiv Sena district chief has also written to the trio against BJP MLA Narendra Mehta, pointing out his various alleged illegalities. Both letters were sent on May 27.

The charges against Sarnaik were levelled by the BJP's Mira Bhayandar district chief Dilip Jain in a letter to Fadnavis on May 21. Jain alleged that Sarnaik used his position as minister to make the Mir...