A week after Ajit Pawar rebelled against Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra, state Congress president Nana Patole accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of splitting opposition parties with the aim of eliminating them. 

"The script written by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in Delhi is being implemented in the state. Ajit Pawar is also using the same language that Eknath Shinde used when he left Shiv Sena. This is not a mere coincidence but a script given by Modi and Shah," Patole said.