India, Oct. 15 -- Days after the announcement, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) issued a show cause notice to its MLA Sangram Jagtap for making hate speeches that has put the party in a spot. The notice was sent to the MLA on Sunday. The party president and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday also asked the party leaders and office bearers to refrain from taking a stand contradictory to the party's policy. While Pawar did not name anyone, his remarks were clearly aimed at Jagtap, who made communally charged comments last Friday.

Addressing a conclave of party district presidents, MLAs, and senior leaders of the party at the Worli NSCI Dome, Pawar said that statements contradictory to the party policy would negatively impact the p...