India, Nov. 13 -- The BJP is facing the heat from opposition parties after inducting Santosh Parmeshwar, one of the many accused in a drug-trafficking case in Dharashiv's Tuljapur. Objecting to this, NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule wrote a letter to the chief minister Devendra Fadnavis demanding action and declaring that it was necessary to send out a clear message that drug-trafficking would not get political protection in the state.

Parmeshwar, who was arrested a few months ago, is currently on bail and joined the BJP on Tuesday in the presence of Tuljapur BJP MLA Ranajagjitsinha Patil. He was the chairman of the Tuljapur municipal council in his previous term as a corporator from the undivided NCP. Patil claimed he had been "f...