Dhangekar, a Mahayuti member, says what is happening is fatal to democracy, targets Chandrakant Patil

The political temperature rose during the election for the chairman's post at Gokul. Minister Chandrakant Patil attacked Congress leader Satej Patil in sharp language he had never used before. Ravindra Dhangekar, a leader of the Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena, has now hit back at Chandrakant Patil.

Chandrakant Patil had warned that he would ruin Satej Patil. Dhangekar responded to this while speaking to reporters in Pune on Wednesday. "Have you ever looked at your own stature? Are you a descendant of the Kirloskar family? You could not even open an anganwadi, and you have set out to ruin the D. Y. Patil institution," he said.

Dhangekar said such language did not become Chandrakant Patil. He also asked whether the remark was made because Satej Patil could become Maharashtra's future chief minister.

Dhangekar said plainly, "I am in the Mahayuti, yet what is going on is fatal to democracy. That is why it is necessary to speak, and I will keep stating my position firmly." He added that what has been sown will be reaped and that it will end badly. In Dhangekar's words, he is speaking not against the BJP but against a tendency. He said that today the fight over issues has come down to fists. With these words he also targeted the ruling side.

Dhangekar was asked that his stance could create friction in the Mahayuti, and what his leader, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, would say about it. He replied that if one's own leader is wrong, he too needs to be shown the mirror.

Asked what Shinde would say on hearing his stand, Dhangekar said he would speak on it in detail soon.