Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gopal Shetty have hit back at Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole for his "backstab" remark, and alleged that Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have backstabbed the BJP and Devendra Fadnavis.

The BJP leader also suggested, the three parties, who are allies in the Maharashtra government, for an introspection stating that they should quit the government. The reaction comes after Patole on May 11 hit out at their ally NCP over forging an alliance with the rival BJP for the Gondia Zilla Parishad polls, and accused it of "backstabbing the grand old party".