Leaders and workers of the Maharashtra Congress took part in a state-wide protest demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "insulting the state" by suggesting that it had caused the spread of Covid-19 infection in other states.

Addressing the media amid the protest near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi near Mantralaya, the Congress' state unit chief Nana Patole accused Modi of stating that Maharashtra was the spreader of Covid-19. "Maharashtra, which had provided all help to people (during the pandemic), has not given any right to Modi to insult the state. The people of Maharashtra will not tolerate the insult to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's state," the Congress leader said. Congress workers and leaders were demonstrating outside the BJP's offices in each district of the state, he said. Patole said his party will continue to stage protests every day till the prime minister apologises to the people of Maharashtra.