Mumbai, Sept. 16 -- In a sharp attack on Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and minister Ashish Shelar has termed the ongoing push for a Mumbai protest march as "irrational, high-handed, and laden with abusive rhetoric."As political temperatures soar across Maharashtra, Shelar questioned the timing and motives of Jarange Patil's agitation, warning that dragging top state leadership through unparliamentary language during the holy festival of Ganeshotsav will not be tolerated by the public.

Shelar strongly condemned Jarange Patil's direct verbal attacks on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, asserting that true followers of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ...