The state Congress chief alleged that the BJP-led government has shown little concern for the ongoing communal tensions in the state and has failed to address the distress of farmers impacted by recent floods and unseasonal rains

An application, filed before Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Amol Shinde in Pune by Gandhi`s lawyer Milind Pawar, said that Gandhi could face harm from the followers of the ideology of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Nathuram Godse, and providing "preventive protection" is the state`s constitutional obligation