The Election Commission has rejected the BJP demand that expenditure incurred on the MNS rallies be added to the expense accounts of opposition candidates (Congress-NCP). Though the MNS is not contesting the election, party chief Raj Thackeray has been slamming the BJP, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah. Irked with Thackeray's tirade against the party, the BJP complained to the EC.

Senior BJP leader and state education minister Vinod Tawde had written a letter to state authorities demanding that the expenditure incurred on Raj's rallies should be added to the expenses accounts of the opposition candidates (Congress-NCP). The BJP even demanded that details of the expenditure incurred on Thackeray rallies should be sought from the MNS.