India, March 23 -- Shiv Sena ministers and legislators staged protests on the Maharashtra assembly premises on Monday, demanding action against a "partisan" police superintendent, Tushar Doshi, for allegedly helping ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Satara district council chief election.

The BJP won the election even as the Sena-National Congress Party (NCP) combine had the members. Some cross-voted, and two NCP members were arrested on kidnapping charges while they were on their way to vote.The constituents of the ruling BJP-led alliance fought local polls in the state separately.

Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde lamented the "murder of democracy," saying it should never have happened. He raised the issue in the assembly and...