Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis alleged that the recent violence in Amravati and some other cities in Maharashtra was a conspiracy and deliberate attempt to create unrest in the state, and said the police's "one-sided" action against BJP and Hindu outfits launched after that should immediately stop, or else the BJP would stage 'jail bharo' agitation.

He also accused the Maharashtra government of ignoring the November 12 incidents of violence, while focusing only on its reaction that came the next day. On November 12, various cities in the state had witnessed stone-pelting during rallies taken out by some Muslim organisations protesting against the communal violence in Tripura. These incidents were reported from Amravati, Nanded, Malegaon, Washim and Yavatmal districts. The next day, a mob hurled stones at shops in Amravati's Rajkamal Chowk area during a bandh called by BJP, prompting the police to impose a curfew there.