After the nominations comes the campaigning and with it the war of words. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have been exchanging jibes on various social platforms. While the BJP has criticised the Congress' manifesto, the Congress and NCP are pointing fingers at policy decisions implemented by the BJP-led government in the past five years, including demonetisation, beef ban and the goods and services tax (GST).

BJP Mumbai president and member of Parliament Ashish Shelar held a Facebook Live event in which he said if Congress comes to power, it will undo all the good work the BJP has done