India, Aug. 5 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday took a swipe at the Congress, accusing it of stooping low only to grab headlines after the Opposition party branded Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar a gungi gudiya (mute doll).

Talking to reporters, Fadnavis said Maharashtra's political culture did not approve of attempts to gain publicity through low-level comments.

"Some people are working only to get into news. They seem to believe in the idiom that 'even if you become infamous, at least your name is in the headlines'. This is not Maharashtra's political culture," he insisted. Fadnavis was replying to queries on the Maharashtra Congress branding Sunetra Pawar, NCP president and the state's first woman deputy ...