India, Oct. 12 -- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday slammed his party's Ahilyanagar MLA, Sangram Jagtap, for his communally charged remarks on Friday, when he urged people to buy Diwali goods only from Hindus.

Addressing a rally in Solapur on Friday, Jagtap had said, "While going for Diwali shopping, I would request you all to ensure that our money, transactions, and their benefits should reach Hindus only."

A visibly irked Pawar on Saturday condemned Jagtap's comments, stating that such remarks were unacceptable to the party. "His statement is extremely wrong. We will send him a show-cause notice," Pawar told reporters. However, he did not specify what further action...