Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party president Chandrakant Patil on Monday slammed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik for allegations against Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Director Sameer Wankhede, at a time when party leader and former home minister of state Anil Deshmukh, accused in a money laundering case, is "absconding".

"Instead of caring about Anil Deshmukh, they care about Wankhede. Their former home minister is absconding, they should find him. They should at least care about him being their family member," Patil told the media. "Maha Vikas Aghadi gives statements that divert the main issues of the people of the state," he added.