India, July 27 -- Social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat and his junior minister Madhuri Misal are locked in a turf war. Following a departmental meeting held by Misal, Shirsat wrote to her, saying she had no authority to either convene the meeting or give directives to the department. A BJP minister of state, Misal wrote back, saying she was well within her rights.

Misal also sought a clarification from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on the powers conferred on her as a junior minister. Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the chief minister would look into the issue of power-sharing between cabinet ministers and their juniors in their respective departments.

In his letter to Misal, Shirsat, a Shiv Sena minister, told her s...