Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday slammed the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), calling it the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'B-team' and asserting that it will have no impact on Maharashtra politics. Patole made these remarks ahead of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's visit to Solapur. 

"The people of the state know who benefits from the division of votes. In Telangana, the BRS party is facing a crisis and many of its leaders are joining the Congress party. The Telangana pattern is just as deceptive as the Gujarat pattern," Nana Patole said.