India, March 25 -- The row over last week's local body elections in Satara continued to simmer, with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis assuring action against errant officials if found guilty. The assurance came amid allegations that the Satara police had manhandled Shiv Sena and NCP ministers during the zilla parishad polls last week.

Also, the arrest of two NCP members on polling day, rendering them unable to vote, had prompted deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde to call the incident the "murder of democracy". To ease tensions among the Sena and BJP, two ruling allies, Fadnavis held a late-night meeting with Shinde on Monday. He also met the ministers involved in the Satara incident on Tuesday.

In the legislative co...