India, April 7 -- The Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece, Saamana, criticised the Congress in an editorial on Monday over the differences that surfaced within the opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance during the Rajya Sabha elections and the upcoming legislative council polls.

The editorial said that the Congress's stance to "maintain a distance" from its alliance partners is "narrow-minded", and that if the party genuinely wants to capture power at the Centre, a strong alliance in the states is the only way forward.

The criticism in Saamana stems from recent friction within the MVA over seat-sharing in the Rajya Sabha and legislative council polls. The state Congress unit, led by Harshwardhan Sapkal, is reportedly unhappy that, de...