The political class reacted sharply to the SC order in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. The ruling coalition trained its guns on the opposition which hailed the decision to transfer the probe to CBI. While BJP opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis said the state govt needs to introspect on the way it handled the case, Anil Parab, senior Sena leader, said SC did not doubt the conduct of the Mumbai police.

The Maharashtra government did not petition the apex court but Rhea Chakraborty moved it against the Bihar government’s demand for a CBI probe. We just filed an affidavit demanding that the Maharashtra government’s permission be taken before handing over the probe to the Central agency, because the federal structure of the country gives us Constitutional rights in this regard. But a special provision was used to hand over the probe to the CBI. We did not oppose the Central agency’s involvement," Parab said.