India, Dec. 9 -- Deputy chief minister and head of Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde told his MLAs on Monday that with elections to nagar panchayats being over, they should abstain from criticising alliance partners.

Shinde made the statement while addressing a meeting of all Sena legislators of the state, in Nagpur, to prepare them for corporation and zilla parishad (ZP) polls.

This comes on the back of Shinde and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Ravindra Chavan, who have been at loggerheads lately, sharing a stage during a function in Dombivli on Saturday.

On Monday, Shinde said that his party will contest and win the municipal corporation and ZP elections as a part of the Mahayuti alliance, and asked his MLAs to "maintain coalition dha...