Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Jitendra Awhad has claimed that Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu would withdraw their support for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre if the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is elected to power in Maharashtra. 

According to news agency PTI, the sitting legislator for the Mumbra-Kalwa Assembly constituency also targeted Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, accusing him of leading a "pocketmaar (pickpocket) gang" that has misappropriated the NCP name and symbol. Awhad, who has been renominated by his party, criticised the Eknath Shinde government for the state’s financial instability and accused the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of attempting to disrupt peace in the country.