Kolhapur, April 18 -- Congress leader Sachin Sawant on Saturday said that the alleged rape scandal involving accused Ashok Kharat, a self-style godmen and astrologer from Nashik, has completely discredited the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra.

He also advised the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) Mahayuti government against using the TCS Nashik case, which he said was being called 'corporate jihad', to gain political mileage.

"The case (astrologer Ashok Kharat) has completely discredited the Mahayuti government, with its leaders directly involved. This is not only an economic issue but also a religious one - exploitation of women in the name of faith. The victims were Hindu women, and the accused Baba was also Hindu. The BJP gave such ...