Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Maharashtra, Nitesh Rane, has alleged the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi is "stage-managed" and actors are being paid to walk with him, a claim dismissed by Congress as a "malicious propaganda" to discredit the yatra.

Rane, son of Union minister Narayan Rane, tweeted a screenshot of a purported mobile phone conversation on Monday without mentioning any names with a comment, Ye Pappu kabhi pass nahi hoga!!