India, July 4 -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, accusing him of remaining silent over the controversy surrounding BJP Mumbai president Ameet Satam's viral video in which Satam is laughing allegedly over two recent deaths in Mumbai. Raj Thackeray said inaction against Satam would erode Maharashtra's political culture.

In an open letter addressed to Fadnavis and posted on X, Raj Thackeray said people across the country believed the BJP's central leadership had become "arrogant with power". ". But has this contagion now spread to our state? And are you letting it spread?" he wrote, in Marathi.

Drawing a contrast between Maharashtra and other stat...