India, Nov. 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come under fire from the Opposition after Santosh Parameshwar, an accused in a drug trafficking case registered last year in Tuljapur, was inducted into the party on Tuesday in the presence of local MLA Rana Jagjitsinh Patil and other BJP leaders.

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule and Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar criticised the BJP's decision, saying the ruling party was "trying to legitimise criminals" by giving political space to those facing serious charges.

Sule, who has written to deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, said, "Every party has the right to expand its organisation, but admitting people who have been arrested in drug cases sends...