The Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Guhagar MLA Bhaskar Jadhav has courted controversy after he allegedly dubbed the Brahmin community "cunning", reported news agency PTI.

Speaking at Guhagar on Monday, the MLA said, "Small communities (castes) came together and stood behind me (in the polls). If the Maratha community takes it seriously, then there is a (large) section (of people) which stands behind the Marathas. Marathas have (more) support than Brahmins. Even if there is one (Bramhin), he can be weighty. They are cunning. I knew the Muslim community would vote for me," Jadhav said, reported PTI.

The MLA, who belongs to the Maratha community, won from Guhagar in Ratnagiri district by a slender margin of 2,830 votes in the 2024 assembly polls.