A Hit-and-run case in which the son of state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule is mired in controversy has led to a verbal duel between the leaders of the opposition parties. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare has alleged that the local Congress MLA Vikas Thakre protected the accused in the case.

Andhare was in Nagpur to follow up on the case. Thakre, who heads the Nagpur city Congress, had said that he knew about the incident that had happened in his constituency. He said that Bawankule’s son was not driving, but sitting next to the driver. He added that the Congress would not have kept mum if Sanket Bawankule was driving the car. He had advised politicians and their wards to learn a lesson from the incident. The guilty should be punished, but the innocent should not be defamed, he had said further.