The Maharashtra BJP has planned a counter-offensive against the MVA government, which has accused the Opposition of defaming the state by running smear campaigns on social media. The party says it will expose the MVA for no governance, alleged scams, an anti-farmer stand and corruption in the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addressing the party's state executive on Thursday, ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis said the MVA's acts have brought a bad name to the state. "It's your inaction and failure to provide solutions that continue to defame Maharashtra. It has been your effort to blame everything on the Centre," he told the MVA, adding that the government wasn't the chosen one but made by the treachery of some people.