Blaming Congress leader Nana Patole’s hasty resignation from the Speaker’s post for the MVA government’s fall last year, the Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece, Saamana, has advised restraint to the warring leaders from the ally, Patole in particular. An editorial in the newspaper adds that this is to avoid further damage to their party that Rahul Gandhi has handed good advantage, through his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The expressions in Saamana are seen as the Sena’s official views. Expressing concerns about infighting in the Congress which has its state unit president Patole and his predecessor, Balasaheb Thorat at play, the editorial has said burying the hatchet would be in the interest of the party; and the situation, if not corrected, could give the Bharatiya Janata Party much-wanted things on a platter.