Hitting back at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for his criticism of the BJP, party leader and state minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday said Pawar should refrain from attacking the saffron party and not force it to open “pages from the past”, reported news agency PTI.

Mahayuti coordination committee decision recalled

Addressing a press conference in Pune, Bawankule reminded Pawar of the mutual decision taken in the Mahayuti coordination committee ahead of the civic polls that even if alliance partners contest elections separately, they would not criticise each other during campaigning.