Mumbai, April 7 -- The Congress has criticised an appeal by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today that the Baramati assembly constituency by-election must be held unopposed keeping public sentiment in mind.

Reacting to the CM's statement, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshvardhan Sapkal said, "This statement by Fadnavis about the Baramati by-election is like a cat going to the Haj after eating a hundred rats. It is Fadnavis himself who is ignoring the very public sentiment which is talking about. The real way to heed public sentiment in Maharashtra is to dispel all doubts whether Ajit Pawar's air crash in Baramati was an accident or a conspiracy.""It is the duty of Fadnavis to file an FIR (first information...