Speaking at a rally in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, the former Maharashtra Chief Minister took aim at the BJP following a remark by its leader Raosaheb Danve, who had said that "every political party has eaten out of our plate", implying that all parties had received help from the BJP at some point

The BJP has appointed Tushar Apte, a co-accused in the Badlapur sexual abuse case, as a co-opted councillor in the Kulgaon-Badlapur Municipal Council in Thane district. Two among them were nominated by the BJP, two by the Shiv Sena, and one by the Nationalist Congress Party