A Maharashtra Congress politician has filed a complaint with the Mumbai police, seeking action against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for allegedly making derogatory remarks over an incident in Karnataka.

Raviprakash Jadhav, the head of the Maharashtra Congress legal cell, filed the complaint with the Colaba police station. He said that Shinde and Fadnavis made false remarks about the Karnataka police snatching a Ganesh idol in an attempt to create communal conflict, reported PTI.