Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole has accused the Narendra Modi government of indulging in favouritism and not providing necessary help to the state even as it faced at least three natural calamities in the last one year.

He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of election meetings for the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti bypolls in the district. "The Centre did not provide funds that the Maharashtra government required to tackle the coronavirus pandemic that left the state's economy in dire straits. Now, heavy rains have spoiled the roads in the state." The central government is responsible for the bad condition of roads as it did not give enough funds to the state," he alleged.