The BJP on Thursday alleged that there was a tacit understanding between NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and MNS chief Raj Thackeray. Thackeray has been holding rallies across Maharashtra, 'fact-checking' Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches and his government's claims, and asking people not to vote for the BJP.

State minister and senior BJP leader Vinod Tawde said it was obvious whose "script" Raj Thackeray's had adopted. "Pawar and Thackeray have addressed public rallies at different places, but their language is the same. Pawar said the Modi government and BJP are heading for dictatorship. The same was repeated by Raj Thackeray," Tawde said.