Mumbai, Jan. 5 -- Ahead of the January 15 municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra, senior Congress leader Nana Patole claimed on Monday that a faction within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is actively working to remove Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
According to Patole, the recent criticism of the state government by former minister and senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar is part of this internal power struggle.
Talking to mediapersons, Patole noted that despite the BJP's unprecedented success in the Assembly elections and the formation of the government under Fadnavis's leadership, Mungantiwar was not inducted into the cabinet. This, he said, has led to visible discontent. "Mungantiwar's criticism of his own party's governme...