Accused of calling Opposition members ‘deshdrohi’ (anti-national), Chief Minister Eknath Shinde told the upper house on Thursday that he used the word against a Nationalist Congress Party legislator, Nawab Malik, who has been arrested for having links with anti-nationals like gangster Dawood Ibrahim and other convicts of the Mumbai serial blasts.

Shinde’s explanation did not go well with Opposition leader Ambadas Danve, who insisted that the breach of privilege motion he has submitted against the CM be admitted and inquired into. Deputy chairperson Neelam Gorhe reserved the decision.