A war of words has erupted between two leaders of the Shiv Sena (UBT) in Maharashtra with the party's Beed district unit president Appasaheb Jadhav accusing deputy leader Sushma Andhare of demanding money from party workers to install an air conditioner and buy furniture in her office, although Andhare has denied the allegation.

Jadhav also claimed that he slapped Andhare twice following a quarrel over the issue, but the latter maintained that nothing of that sort took place.