Mumbai, Jan. 9 -- A day after CM Devendra Fadnavis termed any alliance with the Congress "unacceptable" and a breach of party discipline, the BJP on Thursday inducted 12 Congress councillors who had been suspended after the two parties' local units forged a post-poll tie-up in the Ambernath municipal council. In contrast, the BJP ruled out inducting councillors from the AIMIM, who were reportedly willing to join the party after a similar post-poll alliance in Akot, Akola, was disbanded. The 12 suspended Congress councillors, who had contested the elections against the BJP, joined the saffron party at a function in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. State BJP chief Ravindra Chavan, who was present at the event, said the councillors had switched sides in the interest of development. Responding to questions on whether their induction violated the voters' mandate, Chavan said, "After we spoke to these councillors, they willingly said that they want to join BJP for the development of their constituencies." However, Chavan said the party would not follow a similar course in Akot. He confirmed that the BJP had issued a notice to Akot MLA Prakash Bharsakhale, who had played a key role in forging the alliance with the AIMIM. Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal, meanwhile, criticised the BJP for what he described as an "an unethical and shameless act". "The party which has given the slogan of "Congress-mukt Bharat" (Congress-free India) has itself has become a "Congress-yukt" (Congress-infused) party," he said....