Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that the opposition in the state is making false allegations over Mahanand Dairy, a state government undertaking, for political gains.

Speaking to reporters after attending district-level meetings of various departments and the local governing body in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Pawar said, “The opposition has alleged that Mahanand is being handed over to the National Dairy Development Board, based at Anand in Gujarat. It is absolutely false,” he said.